Kelly Hills talks to Madhusudan Katti about reconciliation ecology: managing urban ecosystems for biodiversity; which includes managing the impact of droughts. Read Dr. Katti on water management in cities in the American West, and on global urban biodiversity: Water and the City: A Dispatch From an American Frontier Town http://www.thenatureofcities.com/2013/02/10/water-and-the-city-an-american-frontier-tale/ Biodiversity can flourish on an urban planet https://theconversation.com/biodiversity-can-flourish-on-an-urban-planet-18723