Why Do Urban Ecology?
The ecological science of understanding the structure, workings, and change of urban places has three main reasons to be (raisons d’être, if you prefer the French). One is the fact […]
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How Many Principles of Urban Ecology Are There?
By Steward T.A. Pickett (Cary Institute) & Mary L. Cadenasso (University of California Davis) In 2008, we published a short paper on the principles of urban ecology (Cadenasso and Pickett […]
Urban Ecology at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America
The meeting takes place in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, from 7-12 August. The meeting theme is Novel Ecosystems in the Anthropocene. Certainly this theme is right in our urban niche! Details […]
Where did Urban Ecology Come From? Zev Naveh and the Total Human Ecosystem
Encountering Zev Naveh – A force of nature One answer to the question of where urban ecology came from has to point to Zev Naveh. When I first heard Zev […]
A New School of Urban Ecology: Contributions from Baltimore
Modern American urban ecology can be said to have come to fruition to a large extent in Baltimore. Of course there are other cities where parallel, reinforcing, or complementary research […]
Shifting Urban Realities and Nature Beyond Parks
Traditionally, cities have been thought of as distinct from nature. In fact, they have often been considered to be the antithesis of nature. Ecological science in the past seemed to […]
American Urban Ecology Comes of Age
The 100th Anniversary meeting of the Ecological Society of America was held in Baltimore this year. Some 4,600 members of the society gathered to share scientific insights, hold workshops on […]
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