Indicators for management of urban biodiversity and ecosystem services: City biodiversity index

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

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 699-718

  Kohsaka, Ryo ^a   Pereira, Henrique M ^b   Elmqvist, Thomas ^c   Chan, Lena ^d   Moreno Peñaranda, Raquel ^e   Morimoto, Yukihiro ^f   Inoue, Takashi ^g   Iwata, Mari ^h   Nishi, Maiko ⁱ   Da Luz Mathias, Maria ^b   Souto Cruz, Carlos ^j   Cabral, Mariana ^b   Brunfeldt, Minna ^k   Parkkinen, Anni ^k   Niemelä, Jari ^k   Kulkarni Kawli, Yashada ^l   Pearsell, Grant ^m  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d National Parks Board   (Singapore)

^e UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Ukyo ku   (Japan)

^g Recruit Co   (Japan)

^h MITSUBISHI RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

ⁱ Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^j Lisbon City Council   (Portugal)

^k UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^l Terracon Ecotech Pvt Ltd   (India)

^m CITY OF EDMONTON   (Canada)

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EID: 84929642322     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7088-1_32     Document Type: Chapter

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