附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Ecosystem Understanding Is a Key to Understanding Cities / Charles H. Nilon, Alan R. Berkowitz, and Karen S. Hollweg -- The Importance of Understanding Urban Ecosystems: Themes / Alan R. Berkowitz, Charles H. Nilon, and Karen S. Hollweg -- Why Is Understanding Urban Ecosystems an Important Frontier for Education and Educators? / Karen S. Hollweg, Celestine H. Pea, and Alan R. Berkowitz -- The Role of Understanding Urban Ecosystems in Community Development / Jack K. Shu -- Why Is Understanding Urban Ecosystems Important to People Concerned About Environmental Justice? / Bunyan Bryant and John Callewaert -- Why Is Developing a Broad Understanding of Urban Ecosystems Important to Science and Scientists? / Stewart T.A. Pickett -- Foundations and Frontiers from the Natural and Social Sciences: Themes / Charles H. Nilon, Alan R. Berkowitz, and Karen S. Hollweg -- Natural Ecosystems in Cities: A Model for Cities as Ecosystems / Anthony D. Bradshaw -- An Ecosystem Approach to Understanding Cities: Familiar Foundations and Uncharted Frontiers / Nancy B. Grimm, Lawrence J. Baker, and Diane Hope -- Understanding Urban Ecosystems: An Ecological Economics Perspective / William E. Rees -- Social Science Concepts and Frameworks for Understanding Urban Ecosystems / Carolyn Harrison and Jacquie Burgess -- The Future of Urban Ecosystem Education from a Social Scientist's Perspective: The Value of Involving the People You Are Studying in Your Work / John B. Wolford -- A Social Ecology Approach to Understanding Urban Ecosystems and Landscapes / J. Morgan Grove, Karen E. Hinson, and Robert J. Northrop -- The Historical Dimension of Urban Ecology: Frameworks and Concepts / Martin V. Melosi -- Urban Ecosystems, City Planning, and Environmental Education: Literature, Precedents, Key Concepts, and Prospects / Anne Whiston Spirn -- A Human Ecology Model for the Tianjin Urban Ecosystem: Integrating Human Ecology, Ecosystem Science, and Philosophical Views into an Urban Eco-Co
摘要:Nowhere on Earth is the challenge for ecological understanding greater, and yet more urgent, than in those parts of the globe where human activity is most intense - cities. People need to understand how cities work as ecological systems so they can take control of the vital links between human actions and environmental quality, and work for an ecologically and economically sustainable future. An ecosystem approach integrates biological, physical and social factors and embraces historical and geographical dimensions, providing our best hope for coping with the complexity of cities. This book is a first of its kind effort to bring together leaders in the biological, physical and social dimensions of urban ecosystem research with leading education researchers, administrators and practitioners, to show how an understanding of urban ecosystems is vital for urban dwellers to grasp the fundamentals of ecological and environmental science, and to understand their own environment.
