Querying Urban Biodiversity: Planning and Design for Biodiversity in Greater Boston

Harvard GSD

Globally, we are facing a biodiversity crisis. Over the past 50 years, global biodiversity has been estimated to have declined by an average of 70% (World Wildlife Fund Living Planet Index) and current extinction rates are estimated at tens to hundreds of times higher than the historic background rate. Increasingly, policymakers are recognizing that biodiversity is inextricably linked to climate adaptation, mitigation, and global sustainability, and that sustainable policy and planning must…