Sub-regional assessment of India: Effects of urbanization on land use, biodiversity and ecosystem services

Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities: A Global Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 65-74

  Nagendra, Harini ^a,b   Sudhira, H S ^c   Katti, Madhusudan ^d   Schewenius, Maria ^e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^c Gubbi Labs   (India)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84903744222     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7088-1_6     Document Type: Chapter

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