Urban ecological systems: linking terrestrial ecological, physical, and socioeconomic components of metropolitan areas

Article Abstract:

Linking terrestrial ecological, physical, and socioeconomic components of metropolitan areas is discussed in reviewing key aspects of disparate literatures on terrestrial urban systems from the ecology perspective. An open definition of urban systems that accounts for the exchanges of material and influence between cities and surrounding landscapes is emphasized. Sophisticated understanding of spatial dimensions of social differentiation is paralleled in concepts/data on ecology patch dynamics. It sets the stage for understanding of urban ecosystems. Linkages are seen in the human ecosystem framework.

Research, Economic aspects, Environmental aspects, Natural resources, Observations, Cities and towns, Habitat (Ecology), Human beings, Habitat modification, Human-environment interactions, Social economics, Socioeconomics, Biotic communities, Human ecology, Urban ecology

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Resisting monoliths and tabulae rasae

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A response is presented on land-use guidelines recommended by the Ecological Society of America. The author suggests that persuasion and citizen participation play greater roles in structuring policy than laws and government agency, as they may enhance compliance and prevent political backlash.

Standards, Evaluation, Environmental policy research, Nature conservation, Conservation of natural resources, Natural resource conservation, Ecological Society of America

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