Advancing Urban Ecology toward a Science of Cities

被引：412

作者：

McPhearson, Timon ^{[1
]}

Pickett, Steward T. A. ^{[2
]}

Grimm, Nancy B. ^{[3
,4
]}

Niemela, Jari ^{[5
]}

Alberti, Marina ^{[6
]}

Elmqvist, Thomas ^{[7
]}

Weber, Christiane ^{[8
]}

Haase, Dagmar ^{[9
,10
,11
]}

Breuste, Juergen ^{[13
]}

Qureshi, Salman ^{[9
,10
,11
,12
]}

机构：

[1] New Sch, Urban Ecol Lab, New York, NY USA

[2] Cary Inst Ecosyst Studies, Millbrook, NY USA

[3] Arizona State Univ, Sch Life Sci, Tempe, AZ USA

[4] Arizona State Univ, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Inst Sustainabil, Tempe, AZ USA

[5] Univ Helsinki, Dept Environm Sci, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland

[6] Univ Washington, Coll Built Environm, Dept Urban Design & Planning, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

[7] Stockholm Univ, Stockholm Resilience Ctr, Stockholm, Sweden

[8] CNRS, UMR 7362, Lab Image Ville Environm LIVE, F-75700 Paris, France

[9] Humboldt Univ, Dept Geog, Berlin, Germany

[10] Humboldt Univ, Dept Computat Landscape Ecol, Berlin, Germany

[11] Helmholtz Ctr Environm Res, Leipzig, Germany

[12] Univ Bayreuth, Inst Sport Sci Sport Ecol, Bayreuth, Germany

[13] Salzburg Univ, Dept Geog & Geol, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria

来源：

BIOSCIENCE | 2016年 / 66卷 / 03期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会; 芬兰科学院;

关键词：

urban ecology; conceptual frameworks; comparative research; urban systems; complexity; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GREEN SPACES; RESILIENCE; FRAMEWORK; SYSTEMS; DESIGN; WATER; TREE;

D O I：

10.1093/biosci/biw002

中图分类号：

Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Urban ecology is a field encompassing multiple disciplines and practical applications and has grown rapidly. However, the field is heterogeneous as a global inquiry with multiple theoretical and conceptual frameworks, variable research approaches, and a lack of coordination among multiple schools of thought and research foci. Here, we present an international consensus on how urban ecology can advance along multiple research directions. There is potential for the field to mature as a holistic, integrated science of urban systems. Such an integrated science could better inform decisionmakers who need increased understanding of complex relationships among social, ecological, economic, and built infrastructure systems. To advance the field requires conceptual synthesis, knowledge and data sharing; cross-city comparative research, new intellectual networks, and engagement with additional disciplines. We consider challenges and opportunities for understanding dynamics of urban systems. We suggest pathways for advancing urban ecology research to support the goals of improving urban sustainability and resilience, conserving urban biodiversity, and promoting human well-being on an urbanizing planet.

引用

页码：198 / 212

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