Abstract

  The aim of this paper is to establish a broad overview of the impact which urban areas have on biodiversity and to determine the major impacts that biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation have and will have on the built environment. Common built environment responses to these impacts will also be studied. Regenerative design that uses the ecosystem services analysis method is proposed as a way of responding to biodiversity loss while simultaneously addressing climate change and adaption in a built environment. This is studied for potential benefits and disadvantages.

Keywords: Biodiversity; Ecology; Environment; Natural Resources

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Citation

Citation: Manjeet Kour Arora. “Effect of Built Environment on Biodiversity". Acta Scientific Agriculture 4.2 (2020): 26-28.

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Copyright: © 2020 Manjeet Kour Arora. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.