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The urban matrix matters: Quantifying the effects of surrounding urban vegetation on natural habitat remnants in Santiago de Chile
(ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2019)
Urbanization destroys and fragments natural habitats, resulting in a system of natural remnants embedded in an urban matrix. Urban natural remnants (UNRs) can provide multiple ecosystem services for urban areas. Nevertheless, ...
Climate change and urban sustainability of Chilean metropolitan cities.
(Instituto de Estudos Avançados da Universidade de São Paulo., 2009)
Cities are at the same time cause and effect of climate change. Climate Change processes and effects should mainly affect Latin American cities, where most of the population and economic activities are concentrated. Urban ...
The role of urban green infrastructure in mitigating land surface temperature in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
(Springer Netherlands, 2018)
An ecosystemic approach for assessing the urban water self-sufficiency potential: lessons from the Mediterranean
(Taylor and Francis, 2015)
Frequent water stress episodes affecting urban hubs have caused a shift in urban water management towards integrated
approaches and motivated a search for alternative water resources. Large-scale rainwater harvesting on ...
Urbanization has opposite effects on the territory size of two passerine birds
(2020-04-28)
Background: Urban expansion has been identified as one of the leading drivers of biodiversity change or loss. For birds, urbanization is specifically related to survival, breeding success, and territory size. Understanding ...
Patterns of Population and Urban Growth in Southwest Europe: 1920-2010
(2017-11-01)
This work seeks to measure, locate, and explain changes in the distribution of population and urban growth in the territory formed by France, Italy, and the Iberian Peninsula between 1920 and 2010. This is based on population ...
Twelve year change in tree diversity and spatial segregation in the Mediterranean city of Santiago, Chile
(Elsevier, 2018)
Tree diversity is one of the most important components of urban ecosystems, because it provides multiple
ecological benefits and contributes to human well-being. However, the distribution of urban trees may be
spatially ...
CHANGE LIFE: FROM URBAN REVOLUTION TO SPACE REVOLUTION - HENRI LEFEBVRE PROJECT
(Univ Federal Fluminense, 2018-05-01)
The Henri Lefebvre's theory of the production of space is nowadays one of the main debated contributions in contemporary social theory when the subject is the spatiality of social life. This paper has place in this discussion. ...
Urban exploiters have broader dietary niches than urban avoiders
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2019-04)
Urbanization is currently one of the most pervasive threats to biodiversity worldwide, yet traits permitting birds to exploit urban environments are not fully understood. I used bird traits related to diet (dietary item ...