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The concept of the biome is reviewed in this chapter. A biome is a large region of the earth characterized by its vegetation. Biome classifications by various geographers are reviewed and combined into a set of eleven biomes. Human settlement and population distribution are reviewed in relation to the characteristics of the world’s biomes. Three cities were selected on each biome for characterizing the world’s urban forests. The selection involved consideration of the worldwide distribution each biome, historical development of cities within each biome, and variation in dominant plant species across a biome.
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McBride, J.R. (2017). Biomes, Human Settlement, and the Selection of Cities. In: The World’s Urban Forests. Future City, vol 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52108-4_3
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