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How does nature work in our human-created city, suburb, and exurb/peri-urb? Indeed how is ecology - including its urban water, soil, air, plant, and animal foundations - spatially entwined with this great human enterprise? And how can we improve urban areas for both nature and people? Urban Ecology: Science of Cities explores the entire urban area: from streets, lawns, and parks to riversides, sewer systems, and industrial sites. The book presents models, patterns, and examples from hundreds of cities worldwide. Numerous illustrations enrich the presentation. Cities are analyzed, not as ecologically bad or good, but as places with concentrated rather than dispersed people. Urban ecology principles, traditionally adapted from natural-area ecology, now increasingly emerge from the distinctive features of cities. Spatial patterns and flows, linking organisms, built structures, and the physical environment highlight a treasure chest of useful principles. This pioneering interdisciplinary book opens up frontiers of insight, as a valuable source and text for undergraduates, graduates, researchers, professionals and others with a thirst for solutions to growing urban problems. -- Provided by publisher.

Urban ecology (Biology) --- City ecology (Biology) --- Cities and towns --- Ecology --- Environmental aspects

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Urban ecology (Biology) --- Cities and towns --- City ecology (Biology) --- Ecology --- Environmental aspects --- Ecologia urbana

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Urban ecology (Biology) --- Biotechnology. --- Chemical engineering --- Genetic engineering --- Cities and towns --- City ecology (Biology) --- Ecology --- Environmental aspects

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Urban ecology (Biology) --- City planning --- Geography. --- Environmental aspects. --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Cities and towns --- City ecology (Biology) --- Ecology --- Environmental aspects

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This book presents a selection of the best papers submitted to the International Ecocity World Summit held in Vancouver, October 7-11, 2019. The objective is to accelerate knowledge dissemination about the development of ecocities through attention to what constitutes an ecocity, what cities around the world are doing, what Vancouver as an emerging ecocity is doing, and how education can play a role in preparing the next generation of ecocity practitioners. The book uses the Summit’s overarching theme and sub-themes as an organizing framework and aligns with the International Ecocity Standards that serve as a diagnostic tool to help cities assess their progress on the path to becoming ecocities. The Ecocity Standards are also proving useful to communities in developing locally relevant pathways to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The book is presented in four parts that align with the Summit overarching theme of i) building a bridge to socially just and ecologically sustainable cities, supported by sub-themes of ii) climate action, iii) circular economy, and iv) informal solutions for sustainable development. Chapters comprising each part in the book are introduced by a brief precis that orients the reader to the relevant Ecocity Standards that are being addressed and other important contextual considerations that open the potential application of the chapters to an international audience. Arguments presented in the selected papers provide an orientation to the importance of engaging people, where they live, in ecocity transformations as well as emerging opportunities for affordable and accessible technologies that help cities build capacity for implementation of ecocity initiatives.

Urban geography. --- Urban ecology (Biology). --- Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns). --- Urban Ecology. --- Geography --- Cities and towns --- City ecology (Biology) --- Ecology --- Environmental aspects --- Urban ecology (Sociology) --- Urban ecology --- Urban environment --- Social ecology --- Sociology, Urban