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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.
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.
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 ecology is the scientific study of the relation of living organisms with each other and their surroundings in an urban environment. An urban environment refers to environments dominated by high-density residential and commercial buildings, paved surfaces, and other urban-related factors that create a unique landscape. The goal of urban ...
According to Pickett et al. (2001), urban ecosystems are those where people live in high densities or those where the built infrastructure covers a large proportion of the land. The infrastructures in these areas incorporate both planted vegetation such as urban forests, parks and gardens and water bodies like ponds, small lakes and wetlands.
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).
