Urban Ecology HAS Changed
A Perspective on Points from Ramalho and Hobbs, As Reported by the BBC on 6 December 2011 A news report by the BBC on an article critical of urban ecology […]
Are You an Urbanist?
Urbanists and the Old Walls The term, urbanist, originally meant someone who designed and built cities. The term is an old one, and when it was introduced into English in […]
Post-Industrial Baltimore
Baltimore is often called a “post-industrial” urban region. What set of cultural and theoretical assumptions does this label invoke? The industrial and post-industrial tag emerges from the Modernist program and […]
The Year of Adaptive Processes
The new theme for research in BES emphasizes adaptive processes as a key to understanding and working with urban sustainability. Because of its importance, the intellectual theme for BES this […]
Invitation to a Book for BES Community Members
Urban Socio-Ecological Research: Concepts, Contrasts, and Conclusions from the Baltimore Ecosystem Study Introduction This document outlines ideas for a synthesis volume for the Baltimore Ecosystem Study Long-Term Ecological Research project. […]
Ecology and Policy
Many researchers and educators are concerned that the knowledge they generate can be used by society. However, this takes active effort because policy makers and environmental managers are busy and […]
BES II Project Outcomes
What’s This All About? Second story bays, Charles Village neighborhood, Baltimore. BES LTER Photo. BES, as a Long-Term Ecological Research project, is funded in six year increments. BES II actually […]
What is a Metacity?
Metacity: Beyond Mere Size Hong Kong. Copyright Brian McGrath. The term “metacity” was introduced by the United Nations as a way to capture the increasing size of the largest urban […]
Why Does BES Have Rules for Running Meetings?
There are two answers to this question. First, a wise man, Prof. M. Gordon “Reds” Wolman, suggested at our first meeting that we needed some rules to guide how such […]
A Presentation on BES III: Research, Education, and Engagement from the Sanitary to the Sustainable City
By now, friends and members of BES are familiar with the new research strategy we have developed to guide our third grant cycle. A new six year grant is an […]
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