Urban-rural linkages and ecosystem restoration
Urbanization and ecosystems are profoundly intertwined. As urbanization takes over more land and has greater impacts on ecosystems, and as towns and cities of all sizes demand ecosystem services (food, fiber, water, energy, etc.), flows of people, goods, services, information, capital, etc. define and drive urban–rural linkages in complex and intricate patterns.
Author: Thomas Forster, Florence Egal, Camilo Antonio Romero Mera and Arthur Getz Escudero
Organization: UN Convention to combat Desertification
Year: 2021
Type: Working paper
Full text available at: https://www.unccd.int/sites/default/files/2022-03/UNCCD%20GLO%20WP%20urban-rural%20linkages.pdf
Content language: English