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We have entered the Anthropocene—an era when humans are a dominant geological force—and at the same time we have entered an Urban Age. Creating healthy, habitable, urban living spaces for so many more people will be one of the defining challenges of our time. The quality of city environments—both their built and natural components—will determine the quality of life for an estimated total of six billion existing and new urban dwellers by 2050. Much of what has been written about the challenges of urbanization tends to be about built city infrastructure and its organization and governance: about transportation systems, housing, water works, sanitation, slums—the hardware of cities. Less is written about the ecological infrastructure of cities: parks, gardens, open spaces, water catchment areas, and generally their ecosystems and biodiversity and their role in urban sustainability and resilience. This chapter addresses that gap and brings out the importance of nature for cities, making a case for internalizing ecosystem services and nature-based solutions in urban policy making.

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Elmqvist, T. (2019). The Urban Planet: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainability. In: Fernández-Prado, M., Domínguez Castro, L. (eds) City Policies and the European Urban Agenda. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10847-2_6

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