Article | REF: GE1006 V1

Urban nature and human health

Author: Gilles GALOPIN

Publication date: November 10, 2024

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3. Nature in the city

3.1 Urban ecosystem

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA) and the 2005 Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being report, commissioned by the United Nations (UN), have boosted international recognition of biodiversity and formalized the fact that the city itself constitutes an ecosystem, which can be described as an "urban ecosystem". . This scientific work, based on the framework of ecological functions and ecosystem services in relation to human well-being, makes it possible to envisage changes in practices and policies in order, on the...

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