Stage 5 Changing Places

Projections of urban growth indicate areas where biodiversity is at high risk.

 "Areas such as tropical Africa and eastern China are expected to be hot spots of urbanization during the next several years, according to researchers, who used satellite imagery and other data to project future urban expansion through 2030. 'We're not forecasting population, we're forecasting the expansion of urban space,' rawl, land use, urban ecology, biogeography, unit 7 cities, environment.