Chapter 7 Urban ecosystem services and stakeholders Towards a sustainable capability approach

This chapter argues that the discussion of urban sustainability is in urgent need of new understanding of how ecosystem services are generated in places where human and non-human stakeholders interact within the urban landscape. More than half of the world's population currently lives in urban...

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Main Author: Heikkinen, Anna (auth)
Other Authors: Mäkelä, Hannele (auth), Kujala, Johanna (auth), Nieminen, Jere (auth), Jokinen, Ari (auth), Rekola, Hanna (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2019
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