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Urban ecosystem, any ecological system located within a city or other densely settled area or, in a broader sense, the greater ecological system that makes up an entire metropolitan area. The largest urban ecosystems are currently concentrated in Europe, India, Japan, eastern China, South America,
30 Σεπ 2021 · Chapter 3 defines urban ecosystems and elaborates the specifics of these compared to other ecosystems, especially agricultural or forest systems, in terms of their properties and basic functionality. The abiotic bases and properties of urban ecosystems are described in detail.
Urban Ecosystems. Urban ecosystems are cities and the surrounding, socio-ecological systems where most people live (Maes, et. al. 2016). They are very peculiar ecosystem types: they are almost completely artificial but they include, in different proportions, all other ecosystem types (forests, lakes and rivers and agricultural areas can all be ...
Urban ecosystems are complex and dynamic systems that encompass a wide range of living and nonliving components. These components include humans, plants, animals, buildings, transportation systems, and water and energy infrastructure.
Urban ecosystems are ecosystems that were created by man and are strongly influenced by him (Sukopp and Wittig 1998; Endlicher 2012) (for definition of urban ecosys-tems, see Chapter 1).
1 Μαρ 2011 · Urban ecosystems are those in which people live at high densities, and where built structures and infrastructure cover much of the land surface.
Urban ecosystems can be broadly characterized by two land-cover types: impervious surface and vegetation (Weng, 2011). In this article, I focus primarily on vegetation for several reasons.