Urban Biodiversity and the Case for Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity in Towns and Cities

Urban Biodiversity and Design

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-33

  Müller, Norbert ^a   Werner, Peter ^b  

^a ERFURT UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b Institute Housing and Environment   (Germany)

Author keywords

Background world goes urban; Biological Diversity (CBD), promoting engagement of cities and local authorities in future; Biotic homogenization process of few winners and many losers; Challenges for future of urban biodiversity Erfurt declaration Urbio 2008; History of urban biodiversity convention on biological diversity; International conference, urban biodiversity and design; Urban biodiversity and case for implementing convention on biological; Urban biodiversity importance Is distinctive

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551545999     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318654.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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