| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 453 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
A presentation of key findings and insights from over two decades of research, education, and community engagement in the acclaimed Baltimore Ecosystem Study. In a world of over seven billion people-who mostly reside in cities and their suburbs and exurbs-the Baltimore Ecosystem Study is recognized as a pioneering program for modern urban social-ecological science, critical to the emerging theory of urban ecology. After two decades of research, education, and community engagement in this complex system, there are insights to share, generalizations to examine, and gaps to highlight. This timely volume synthesizes the key empirical findings, melds the perspectives of different disciplines, and celebrates the accomplishments of interacting with diverse communities and institutions in improving the understanding of Baltimore's ecology. These widely applicable insights from Baltimore contribute to our understanding the ecology of other cities, provide a comparison for the global process of urbanization, and inform establishment of urban ecological research elsewhere. Comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and highly original, it gives voice to the wide array of specialists who have contributed to this living urban laboratory. |
| Contents |
Goals of the Baltimore School of Urban Ecological Science / Steward T.A. Pickett, Mary L. Cadenasso, Lawrence E. Band, Alan R. Berkowitz, Grace S. Brush, Jacqueline Carrera, J. Morgan Grove, Peter M. Groffman, Charles H. Nilon, David J. Nowak, and Richard V. Pouyat -- Urban ecological science in America: the long march to cross-disciplinary research / Sharon E. Kingsland --The history and legacies of mercantile, industrial, and sanitary transformations / Daniel J. Bain and Geoffrey L. Buckley -- Environmental justice and environmental history / Geoffrey L. Buckley, Christopher G. Boone, and Charles Lord -- Stewardship networks and the evolution of environmental governance for the sustainable city / Michele Romolini, Shawn E. Dalton, and J. Morgan Grove -- Effects of disamenities and amenities on housing markets and locational choices / Elena G. Irwin, J. Morgan Grove, Nicholas Irwin, H. Allen Klaiber, Charles Towe, and Austin Troy -- The role of regulations and norms in land use change / Elena G. Irwin, Geoffrey L. Buckley, Matthew Gnagey, Nicholas Irwin, David Newburn, Erin Pierce, Douglas Wrenn, and Wendong Zhang -- Human influences on urban soil development / Richard V. Pouyat, Katalin Szlavecz, and Ian D. Yesilonis -- Applying the watershed approach to urban ecosystems / Peter M. Groffman, Lawrence E. Band, Kenneth T. Belt, Neil D. Bettez, Aditi Bhaskar, Edward Doheny, Jonathan M. Duncan, Sujay S. Kaushal, Emma J. Rosi, and Claire Welty -- Urban influences on the atmospheres of Baltimore, Maryland, and Phoenix, Arizona / Gordon M. Heisler, Anthony Brazel, and Mary L. Cadenasso -- Responses of biodiversity to fragmentation and management / Christopher M. Swan, Anna L. Johnson, and Steward T.A. Pickett -- Lawns as common ground for society and the flux of water and nutrients / Peter M. Groffman, J. Morgan Grove, Dexter Locke, Austin Troy, Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne, and Weiqi Zhou -- Long-term trends in urban forest succession / Grace S. Brush and Daniel J. Bain -- Principles of urban ecological science: insights from the Baltimore School of Urban Ecology / Mary L. Cadenasso and Steward T.A. Pickett -- Lessons learned from the origin and design of long-term social-ecological research / J. Morgan Grove and Jacqueline M. Carrera -- Ecological urban design: theory, research, and praxis / Brian McGrath, Victoria Marshall, Steward T.A. Pickett, Mary L. Cadenasso, and J. Morgan Grove -- Teaching and learning the Baltimore ecosystem / Alan R. Berkowitz, Bess Caplan, Susan Blunck, Janet Coffey, and Janice L. Gordon. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
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Urban ecology (Sociology) |
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Maryland -- Baltimore. |
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Urban ecology (Biology) -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
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Urban ecology (Biology) |
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Sociology, Urban -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
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Sociology, Urban. |
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Sustainable urban development -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
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City planning -- Environmental aspects -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
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Sustainable urban development. |
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Biotic communities -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
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City planning -- Environmental aspects. |
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Biotic communities. |
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Pickett, Steward T., 1950- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Science for the sustainable city. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019] Print version: 9780300238327 (DLC) 2019933689 (OCoLC)1121270628 |
| ISBN |
9780300249385 (electronic book) |
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0300249381 (electronic book) |
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9780300238327 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0300238320 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780300246285 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0300246285 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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