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Ecological processes related to urban development and land use change in the municipality of Coimbra
Tese de doutoramento em Biologia, no ramo de Ecologia, apresentada ao Departamento de Ciências da Vida da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra ; Land use change is a major issue in global environment change, especially in developing countries. Human impacts upon the land are very pronounced and still increasing. The urban expansion will be the largest influence on development in the 21st century. The concentration of people in densely populated urban areas, especially in developing countries will undoubtedly continue to increase as the majority of the world’s population will live in urban settlements. Urban landscapes support a high and rich diversity often occurring as unusual or unique communities. Urban green areas are a vital part of the urban landscape, providing contact with wildlife and environmental services with additional socio-ecological benefits to the overall quality of life. The preservation of urban green spaces has become an important policy topic in many regions. Urban green spaces can play important roles on protection of environmental sustainability through improving the quality of life and air quality, and reducing the energy costs of cooling buildings. They also can provide ecosystem services in which the leisure and sport facilities are available to urban dwellers. The thesis is divided into five chapters (chapters 2 to 6), each structured as a paper that has been either published (chapter 4) or submitted (chapter 3) to scientific journals for publication or are in preparation to submit (chapters 2 and 5). These chapters are preceded by an introductory chapter (chapter 1) that correspond to a general introduction, and succeeded by a final chapter (chapter 7) that integrates the final considerations of this thesis. Chapter 2 analyzes the land use change during the last two decades in the Coimbra municipality. The main objective of the study was to characterise the spatial and temporal land use changes in the municipality and to discuss how potential driving factors ...
Ecological processes related to urban development and land use change in the municipality of Coimbra
Tese de doutoramento em Biologia, no ramo de Ecologia, apresentada ao Departamento de Ciências da Vida da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra ; Land use change is a major issue in global environment change, especially in developing countries. Human impacts upon the land are very pronounced and still increasing. The urban expansion will be the largest influence on development in the 21st century. The concentration of people in densely populated urban areas, especially in developing countries will undoubtedly continue to increase as the majority of the world’s population will live in urban settlements. Urban landscapes support a high and rich diversity often occurring as unusual or unique communities. Urban green areas are a vital part of the urban landscape, providing contact with wildlife and environmental services with additional socio-ecological benefits to the overall quality of life. The preservation of urban green spaces has become an important policy topic in many regions. Urban green spaces can play important roles on protection of environmental sustainability through improving the quality of life and air quality, and reducing the energy costs of cooling buildings. They also can provide ecosystem services in which the leisure and sport facilities are available to urban dwellers. The thesis is divided into five chapters (chapters 2 to 6), each structured as a paper that has been either published (chapter 4) or submitted (chapter 3) to scientific journals for publication or are in preparation to submit (chapters 2 and 5). These chapters are preceded by an introductory chapter (chapter 1) that correspond to a general introduction, and succeeded by a final chapter (chapter 7) that integrates the final considerations of this thesis. Chapter 2 analyzes the land use change during the last two decades in the Coimbra municipality. The main objective of the study was to characterise the spatial and temporal land use changes in the municipality and to discuss how potential driving factors ...
Ecological processes related to urban development and land use change in the municipality of Coimbra
2015-07-21
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