This chapter contains questions about the structure and functioning of urban ecosystems and the management of the waste they produce. The questions are arranged by topic and divided into three levels: foundation, intermediate and advanced.

This chapter begins by reviewing the spatial structure of urban attractions and activities followed by accommodation. The focus switches next to research on tourist districts and precincts and then to consideration of broader network and relationship issues, a theme that has attracted relatively...

The growth in interest in urban ecology is well founded given patterns of human migration in the past century, migration that continues to accelerate along with other drivers of change in the Anthropocene. This chapter provides information on urban ecology, such as growth and rationale, physical...

This chapter presents a comprehensive approach to the study of urban plant ecophysiology and provides a framework for future study, examining existing research, methodological challenges and linkages to nature-based solutions in cities.

This chapter provides information on 'elsewhere-nature' and 'post-wild world' biodiversity. Relationships between these tendencies and current understanding of urban biodiversity, and implications of these tendencies for perceptions and actions, are discussed. This chapter is concluded with an...

This chapter focuses on the negative effects of urbanization on insect diversity. Some factors that negatively impact insect populations in urban areas are presented and the importance of better urban design and management using known ecological principles in mitigating the adverse impacts of urban ...

This book provides an update on the statistics and growth of the global phenomenon of garden visitation. It delves into new themes and contemporary trends, from art and culture, to psychographic profiling of visitors and how social media and semiotics are used to enrich visitor experience and fuel...

This chapter highlights a number of urban programs related to gardens that rank as the most noteworthy of gardens' new directions in an urban milieu. New directions in garden tourism in urban areas are marked by reaching out to new audiences (where neighborhood demography is changing), community...

This chapter introduces the phenomenon of 'overtourism' and discusses key emergent themes concerning this topic from various perspectives, namely: neoliberalism and urban perspectives; the mobility paradigm; and social movements. The chapters that comprise this book on overtourism are then...

Discussions on urban ecology, as provided in this book, provide information on many foundational elements and formative forces in action in urban environments. In addition, the information provided demonstrates the importance and implications of urbanization-induced changes to the interactions...