Ecosystem services come to town : greening cities by working with nature / by Gary Grant. [electronic resource] Grant, Gary, 1958- Wiley InterScience (Online service) City planning Environmental aspects. Sustainable urban development. NA9053.E58 G73 2012 711/.4 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. The need to find new approaches to the development of cities is becoming increasingly urgent in this age of continuing population growth, demographic transition, climate change, fossil fuel peak and biodiversity losses. Restoring ecosystem services and promoting biodiversity is essential to sustainable development & ndash; even in the built environment. Ecosystem Services come to Town: greening cities by working with nature demonstrates how to make urban environments greener. It starts by explaining how, by mimicking nature and deliberately creating habitats to provide ecosystem services, citie. Hoboken : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. 2012. 2012 Text 1 online resource http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118387924 eng Ecosystem services come to town. Ecosystem services come to town.