The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.Latin American cities have experienced rapid urbanization and with it the social and environmental challenges caused by urban sprawl. Over the last ...

© 2015, Revista de Geografia Norte Grande. All rights reserved.Urbanization of the Metropolitan region of Concepción (36°S) in the last decades has impacted on the ecological value of areas such as wetlands and lagoons. ...

Wetlands provide a wide range of ecosystem services; however, little is known about their perception value or use for improving urban planning and wetland management. This study explores the perception values towards the ...

Urbanization is a primary cause of wetland loss in coastal metropolitan regions. Therefore, it challenges the preservation of biodiversity and the provision of key ecosystem services for urban settlements. These services ...

Urbanization of the Metropolitan region of Concepcion (36 degrees S) in the last decades has impacted on the ecological value of areas such as wetlands and lagoons. Here, we analyse the disturbance to biodiversity indicators ...

The similarity of the wetlands system with natural landscape, scenic beauty confirmed, attributes to it a unique characteristic, which allows the usage of the surrounding area for leisure activities, sports practice, ...

Coastal wetlands are ecosystems that provide multiple benefits to human settlements; nonetheless, they are seriously threatened due to both a lack of planning instruments and human activities associated mainly with urban ...

A worldwide increase in flooding due to climate change and population growth in exposed areas is expected, especially in coastal areas; therefore, nature-based solutions (NBS) for risk reduction are necessary to increase ...

This doctoral thesis studies the problems of wetlands and floods in urban areas in Uruguay from the perspective of environmental geography. It interrelates wetland environments with urbanization and their flooding areas ...