Habitat quality is widely used as a key indicator in the evaluation of regional ecological security and resilience of ecosystems. The continuous specter of urbanization, road construction, waste generation, sewage and air pollution invariably impacts protected areas as well as places deep within the hinterland. As economic activity shoots up, what goes down is overall “habitat quality”. Relentless urban growth has not only wiped out biodiversity of native species, and the distance between protected areas and cities, but is now predicted to shrink dramatically in many parts of the world. Megacities such as Los Angeles, Shanghai, Mumbai, Mexico City to name a few face a cascade of incoming catastrophes, which also reflects within the decades long culture of disaster-fiction, almost like a precursor (forewarning) of the actual calamities…
