Global Change and the Ecology of Cities

By N. Grimm, S. Faeth, N. Golubiewski, Charles Redman, Jianguo Wu, X. Bai, J. Briggs. Science, 2008

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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The land use–climate change–energy nexus (2011, background): “Burning of fossil fuels and other energy products dominates certain land uses, such as urban areas that account for about 80% of the world’s carbon emissions (Grimm et al. 2008; Wu 2008).”
Social-ecological resilience and biosphere-based sustainability science (2016, background): “The resource and ecosystem service needs of cities can rarely be sustained locally, but depend on extensive and often far-away biosphere support areas (Folke et al. 1997, Grimm et al. 2008).”
Quality and sensitivity of high-resolution numerical simulation of urban heat islands (2014, background): “By 2030, the urban population is expected to exceed 60% of the global population; 95% of the net future increase in the global population will occur in cities (Grimm et al 2008).”
Magnitude of urban heat islands largely explained by climate and population (2019, methodology): “This phenomenon, known as the UHI effect, poses a threat to human health: more than half of the world’s population now lives in cities 4 and warming can increase morbidity and mortality 5,6 , especially during heat waves 7 .”
Reinventing mutualism between humans and wild fauna: insights from vultures as ecosystem services providers (2013, background): “Urban areas represent particular ecosystems that, in general, bring about a drastic modification of natural conditions at multiple scales (Grimm et al. 2008).”
A global analysis of the impacts of urbanization on bird and plant diversity reveals key anthropogenic drivers (2014, background): “Generalities made on the effects of urbanization on the patterns and drivers of species diversity have been primarily based on studies of individual cities [17].”
Stable isotopes evaluate exploitation of anthropogenic foods by the endangered San Joaquin kit fox (Vulpes macrotis mutica) (2010, background): “…in which ecologists often collaborate with anthropologists, geographers, and conservation biologists to develop a greater understanding of ecological and evolutionary processes in highly dynamic urban ecosystems (Alberti et al. 2003; Faeth et al. 2005; Grimm et al. 2008; Shochat et al. 2006).”
Ecological connectivity research in urban areas (2015, background): “Despite their ubiquity and diverse impacts on biodiversity, biologists have increasingly recognized urban areas as unique ecosystems with potential for biodiversity conservation and provision of ecosystem services (Grimm et al. 2008; Gaston 2010; Forman 2014).”