ABSTRACT
Mapping in urban areas integrates advanced technologies and methods with those typically used in the field, and needs to combine the skills of a multidisciplinary team including GIS and remote sensing experts, ecologists and social scientists. Land use/cover data can be used for predicting vegetation structure, productivity and landscape metrics enabling the quantification of biodiversity changes or the effects of disturbances. Many research projects related to plant and bird biodiversity, tree diseases, infrastructure monitoring, meteorology, social media and mapping have benefited from this kind of program. Technology can aid in monitoring and communicating urban biodiversity and can be a useful tool to collect the citizen science data. Monitoring urban biodiversity requires continuous updating that can be gathered using the technology such as apps and online platforms, the same forms that can be used for communicating information to the general public.
