Recent publications indicate that Biodiversity in the City is addressed in modern metropoles in many countries. Within the Building for Biodiversity LAB we study a couple of recent books dealing with urban biodiversity. Have a look at these reads:

In Dutch:
Stadsvogels (Kooijmans)
Stadse Beesten (Daalder)
In English:
Yearboek Landscape Architecture and Urban Design in the Netherlands (various)
Landscape and urban design for bats and Biodiversity (various)
In German:
Wildtiere (Stocker, Meyer)
Tiere in der Stadt (Kegel)
Wilde Tiere in der Stadt (Moellers)
Wildnis Wagen (Fokken)