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American Environmentalism And The City: An Ecosystem Services Perspective, Dorothy C. Ibes
American Environmentalism And The City: An Ecosystem Services Perspective, Dorothy C. Ibes
Cities and the Environment (CATE)
This study traces the evolution of eight influential American environmental organizations and their relationship with, and conceptualizations of, ‘the city’ and ‘nature.’ Guided by the ecosystem services framework, the organizations’ urban-based initiatives were analyzed to determine what types of ecosystem services they emphasized and what the implications are for cities and environmental health. Results from historical, content, and interview analyses reveal the potential of the ecosystem services framework to unite the interests and efforts of multiple stakeholders, including urbanists, ecologists, economists, and environmentalists in a way that enhances both urban quality of life and conservation efforts overall.
A Multi-Scalar Approach To Theorizing Socio-Ecological Dynamics Of Urban Residential Landscapes, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Kelli Larson, Morgan Grove, Colin Polsky, Elizabeth Cook, Jeffrey Onsted, Laura Ogden
A Multi-Scalar Approach To Theorizing Socio-Ecological Dynamics Of Urban Residential Landscapes, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Kelli Larson, Morgan Grove, Colin Polsky, Elizabeth Cook, Jeffrey Onsted, Laura Ogden
Cities and the Environment (CATE)
Urban residential expansion increasingly drives land use, land cover and ecological changes worldwide, yet social science theories explaining such change remain under-developed. Existing theories often focus on processes occurring at one scale, while ignoring other scales. Emerging evidence from four linked U.S. research sites suggests it is essential to examine processes at multiple scales simultaneously when explaining the evolution of urban residential landscapes. Additionally, focusing on urbanization dynamics across multiple sites with a shared research design may yield fruitful comparative insights. The following processes and social-hierarchical scales significantly influence the spatial configurations of residential landscapes: household-level characteristics and environmental attitudes; …
Factors Influencing Arthropod Diversity On Green Roofs, Bracha Y. Schindler, Alden B. Griffith, Kristina N. Jones
Factors Influencing Arthropod Diversity On Green Roofs, Bracha Y. Schindler, Alden B. Griffith, Kristina N. Jones
Cities and the Environment (CATE)
Green roofs have potential for providing substantial habitat to plants, birds, and arthropod species that are not well supported by other urban habitats. Whereas the plants on a typical green roof are chosen and planted by people, the arthropods that colonize it can serve as an indicator of the ability of this novel habitat to support a diverse community of organisms. The goal of this observational study was to determine which physical characteristics of a roof or characteristics of its vegetation correlate with arthropod diversity on the roof. We intensively sampled the number of insect families on one roof with …
Urban Environmental Education From A Social-Ecological Perspective: Conceptual Framework For Civic Ecology Education, Keith G. Tidball, Marianne E. Krasny
Urban Environmental Education From A Social-Ecological Perspective: Conceptual Framework For Civic Ecology Education, Keith G. Tidball, Marianne E. Krasny
Cities and the Environment (CATE)
A variety of environmental education practices are emerging to address the needs of an increasingly urban population. Drawing from social-ecological systems and social learning theory, we propose a conceptual framework to stimulate research questions in urban environmental education. More specifically, our conceptual framework focuses on environmental education programs that are nested within and linked to community-based stewardship or civic ecology practices, such as community forestry, streamside restoration, and community gardening. It suggests ways in which educational programs, stewardship practice, and other social-ecological system components and processes interact through feedback loops and other mechanisms, as well as means by which urban …