Understanding urban ecosystems : a new frontier for science and education /
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| Meeting name: | Cary Conference (8th : 1999 : Institute of Ecosystem Studies) |
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| Imprint: | New York : Springer, c2003. |
| Description: | xxix, 523 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4804584 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Ecosystem understanding is a key to understanding cities
- Why is understanding urban ecosystems an important frontier for education and educators?
- The role of understanding urban ecosystems in community development
- Why is understanding urban ecosystems important to people concerned about environmental justice?
- Why is a developing a broad understanding of urban ecosystems important to science and scientists?
- Natural ecosystems in cities - a model for cities as ecosystems
- An ecosystem approach to understanding cities: familiar foundations and uncharted frontiers
- Understanding urban ecosystems: an ecological economics perspective
- Social science concepts and frameworks for understanding urban ecosystems
- The future of urban ecosystem education from a social scientist's perspective
- A social ecology approach to understanding urban ecosystems and landscapes
- The historical dimension of urban ecology: Frameworks and concepts
- The ecoscape and the city
- A human ecology model for the Tianjin urban ecosystem
- Psychological and ecological perspectives on the development of systems thinking
