The Human Ecosystem: What’s Missing?
The human ecosystem concept is one of the most common tools used in the Baltimore Ecosystem Study LTER. Adopted from a team of social ecologists and sociologists who were involved […]
The Kind of Solution A City Is
A while ago I wrote about Jane Jacobs’ insight that cities were complex systems[i]. The stone that she dropped in the urban pond in 1961 has rippled widely, and the […]
Why Come to Africa to Fully Understand Urbanization?
The transformation of the Earth’s human population to a predominantly urban home is one of the major milestones of the 21st century. While urbanization in industrialized regions such as the United […]
BES Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Policy
The posts here often discuss conceptual issues, ideas and empirical insights, and opportunities for learning and communication that can promote the science, education, and community engagement of the Baltimore Ecosystem […]
Theory of Urban Heterogeneity
In order to plan for the next phase of BES, we are beginning to consider theoretical frameworks. Here is the current status of that search. A Multitude of Urban Theories. […]
Baltimore and Beijing: A Learning Expedition to China
Famously Rampant Urbanization This last summer, I had the pleasure of being hosted as a Visiting International Professor by the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences in Beijing. This center is […]
BES Book of the Year, 2014-2015: Gottdiener and Hutchinson, The New Urban Sociology
The previous Book of the Year focused on bio-ecological theory. Because BES is a social-ecological research and education endeavor, the Project Management Committee agreed that this year our book should […]
Does Urbanization Stop?
A lot of effort in urban ecological science around the world is now focused on the process of urbanization. This is reasonable because the demographic, social, environmental, and economic shifts […]
Collecting Data is the Most Abstract Thing You Can Do.
I borrowed that statement from Tim Allen, Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin. Tim is a colleague of long standing, and I think he’s one of the best thinkers […]
What’s An Urban Long-Term Ecological Research Project To Do?
When in 1997 the National Science Foundation (NSF) requested proposals for up to two urban Long-Term Ecological sites to join the network of wild and production ecosystems that had been […]
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