As humans have come to dominate the earth, the ideal of studying and teaching ecology in pristine ecosystems has become impossible to achieve. Our planet is now a mosaic of ecosystems ranging from the ...

justice-centered approaches to urban transformation. By combining urbanism with ecology, design, policy, activism, and community participation, students gain the expertise needed to address global ...

Monitoring natural ecosystem health, and the impact of urbanization, this university in Shanghai contributes to new strategies for sustainable development. Under rapid anthropogenic change, China ...

encourages education and research in urban ecosystem ecology sponsors meetings and publications for the communication of research and educational activities in urban ecosystem ecology, and encourages ...

Alternative patterns of urbanization spread (including sprawl) are evaluated from the perspective of nature and people, stating land-use principles extracted from landscape ecology, transportation and ...

Would you like to learn more about the fascinating world of urban ecology? Do you want to discover how nature thrives in cities, and how you can help to protect and enhance it? As part of the Urban ...

What sets this program apart from other urban-focused programs? While this program draws on urban planning and urban design, it is not a traditional urban planning or urban design program. Instead, ...

Unlike animals, trees cannot simply walk further north to exist in their usual temperature range or find a new source of water. Therefore, they can be much more vulnerable to long-term impacts of ...

PNAS (In press) Dyson K, Ziter C, Patterson MS, Fuentes TL. 2019. Conducting urban ecology research on private property: advice for new urban ecologists. Journal of Urban Ecology (In press) Ziter C, ...