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Urbanization of Biosphere: From Mega- to Ecopolises

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Megacities 2050: Environmental Consequences of Urbanization (ICLASCSD 2016)

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Sustainable development requires principle changes in goals, indicators and values urban areas to well-known principles from the fundamental work “Limits to Growth” [20]. Multidisciplinary and cross-sectorial teams of experts, planners and authorities need to elaborate jointly national and inter-regional strategies to the ecological mode of urbanization to turn dynamics of megapolises growth to ecopolises. New type of urban and ecopolis strategies as the core of urban strategy tested on the example of Korolev science city in Moscow Region by ecosystem restoration, evaluation of risks and calculation of resources required for implementation ecological master plan. This task force elaborated and designed with strong participation with the city council of Korolev by a joint Russian and Italian team of students and professors [15].

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Cross-cultural and multidisciplinary research and art of planning was possible due to creative students of Russian and Italian Universities and EKorolev master plan designed by talented Alessandra Casu, MSc, PhD., University of Alghero, Italy and consultations with world known methodologist and practical planner of sustainable city development Gwendolyn Hallsmith from Vermont, USA.

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  1. Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    Dmitry N. Kavtaradze

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  1. RUDN University, Moscow, Russia

    Viacheslav I. Vasenev

  2. RUDN University, Moscow, Russia

    Elvira Dovletyarova

  3. City University of New York , New York, USA

    Zhongqi Chen

  4. Euro-Mediterranean Center for Climate Change, Viterbo, Italy

    Riccardo Valentini

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Kavtaradze, D.N. (2018). Urbanization of Biosphere: From Mega- to Ecopolises. In: I. Vasenev, V., Dovletyarova, E., Chen, Z., Valentini, R. (eds) Megacities 2050: Environmental Consequences of Urbanization. ICLASCSD 2016. Springer Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70557-6_2

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