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Indicators and Practices of Urban Biodiversity and Sustainability

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Sustainable Cities and Communities

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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City Biodiversity Index; City Sustainability Index; Singapore Index

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The City Biodiversity Index (CBI), also known as the Singapore Index, was proposed in the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 9) by the government of Singapore, and the Parties to the Conference officially adopted decisions on the application of the CBI (Decision XI/28). Singapore is uniquely positioned at the COP for being a city and a government entity simultaneously. The CBI consists of three pillars: (i) native biodiversity, (ii) ecosystem services, and (iii) governance, each with their own indicators (SCBD 2010). The native biodiversity indicators are designed to evaluate biodiversity in urban areas and include the indicators corresponding to number of species. The ecosystem services indicators include those for evaluating the status of ecosystem services supplied according to the status of urban biodiversity. For example, climate regulation services such as carbon storage and...

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  1. Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

    Yuta Uchiyama & Ryo Kohsaka

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Uchiyama, Y., Kohsaka, R. (2020). Indicators and Practices of Urban Biodiversity and Sustainability. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Sustainable Cities and Communities. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71061-7_112-1

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