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Urbanisation is one of the defining phenomena of the twenty-first century, which has affected all regions of the world. With a world population growing to more than nine billion people, there is also no serious alternative to the city as a human habitat. From an ecological perspective it is also the most effective and efficient form of organization of human life. However, cities, as we know them, generate major environmental burdens that not only affect the city dwellers themselves but are also associated with global impacts. Climate change, the exploitation of fossil fuels and non-renewable raw materials, the overexploitation of natural resources and, last but not least, the enormous problem of the release of substances as pollutants into the environment, which is only slowly being recognised to its full extent, must be mentioned at the forefront.
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Breuste, J., Haase, D., Pauleit, S., Sauerwein, M. (2021). What is Urban Ecology and What Are Its Applications in Urban Development?. In: Urban Ecosystems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-63279-6_8
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