Preserving biodiverse river corridors for sustainable city development

As the global population continues to soar and the number of inhabitants in cities climbs ever higher, sustainable development strategies are urgently needed to prevent catastrophic ecological decline in our urban environments. Understanding anthropogenic threats is the first step towards conservation: Jochen Hack, Professor of Ecological Engineering at the University of Darmstadt in Germany and leader of the interdisciplinary research group SEE-URBAN-WATER, utilises habitat quality assessment software to model the effects of urban infrastructure and pollution on the Pochote river’s ecosystem ecology in Nicaragua, Central America.