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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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