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 and engagement activities are taking place, and all contribute to the emerging edifice of contemporary urban ecology. But the work in Baltimore has a distinct […]
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 part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and is the home of the State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology. My goal in spending […]
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 toward urban in all its forms have become dominant trends for our planet. The conversion of land from rural or wild landscapes and covers to […]
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