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<div><font face="Lucida Grande">"Researchers have long debated
whether it is better to build compact developments with large parks or
nature reserves, as often found in Europe and Japan, or whether it is
preferable to build sprawling suburbs with many small parks and
gardens, as found in many North American and Australian cities. Iain
Stott and colleagues at the University of Exeter, Penryn, UK and
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan analyzed nine case studies of
cities worldwide, concluding that cities should feature compact
development alongside large, contiguous green spaces to maximize
benefits of urban ecosystems to humans. They report their results in
the September 2015 issue of ESA<i> Frontiers.</i>"</font></div>
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<div><font face="Lucida Grande">Land sparing is crucial for urban
ecosystem services. (2015) Iain Stott, Masashi Soga, Richard Inger,
and Kevin J Gaston.<i> Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment</i>
2015 13(7): 387-393. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/140286.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Lucida Grande">Read the full press release from the
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