The Invisible in the City
Much that happens in cities — urban areas more broadly — is not obvious to the naked eye or to casual observation. The invisible things in urban social-ecological systems represent […]
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A Background Reading for the June 2015 Quarterly Project Meeting
Several of us have been working on an essay to describe more fully than an earlier post here, a theory of urban heterogeneity. That essay is not complete yet, but […]
Urban Ecology: Knowing or Making?
Our friend and colleague, Alex Felson, of the Yale School of Architecture and the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies has a unusual perspective on what urban ecology is […]
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. […]
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 […]
Urban Ecology: Stones or Rocks?
Why are there two words for mineral concretions? And what does that have to do with urban ecology? I recently visited Newark, NJ to work with BES urban design expert, […]
Introducing the BES Urban Lexicon
The members of BES represent a wide variety of disciplines and backgrounds. Some are educators, some are experts in community engagement, and some are researchers whose interests span from physical […]
A New Book on Urban Ecology
A new book on urban ecology is about to appear. Three urban ecologists from the University of Quebec in Montreal, Beatrix Beisner, Christian Messier, and Luc-Alain Giraldeau, have compiled an […]
Baltimore’s Urbanite Magazine Explores Big Urban Theory
The Urbanite (www.urbanitebaltimore.com) is one of Baltimore’s cultural and intellectual treasures. Available free at many locations, or by subscription for those who don’t get to town every month, it is […]
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 […]
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