Social Sustainability
Urban Biodiversity
The variety of life in cities — surprisingly rich, increasingly planned for, and a recognised frontier of conservation and wellbeing.
Definition
Urban biodiversity is the variety of living organisms and habitats found in towns and cities: parks, gardens, riversides, brownfields, green roofs, street trees and the species they host. Cities can harbour surprising richness — some host more native species than surrounding intensive farmland — and urbanisation is now understood as both a driver of biodiversity loss globally and, through habitat creation and connectivity, a genuine conservation frontier.
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