How Does Urban Growth Affect The Availability Of Green Space In Cities?
Friday, September 16, 2011 - 05:10
in Earth & Climate
Over the course of 2011, there have been several reports on urbanization, densification, ecosystem function, and/or the preservation of nature. The prominence of these topics (or, rather, meta-topic, since they are so closely linked) this year reflects our struggle to find space for an ever-growing human population while maintaining natural habitats that not only perform valuable services--providing crops, keeping flood waters at bay, etc.--but also simply make us happy.read more