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Showing 1 to 20 of 59 for “"urban ecology"”.
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An Industrial Designer's Ethic, A Study: Products for Urban Ecology
This body of work aims to discover opportunities for industrial design to support sustainable ways of living in a materialistic society. At first glance, sustainable living and product design seem incongruent. Perhaps through investigation of the nature of product design and models of …
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The architecture of the extended mind: towards a critical urban ecology
… a socio-political re-conception of architecture, urbanism and the wider environment today. I describe a network of relationships which traces the surprisingly dynamic histories of a series of concepts – including nature, matter, organism, ecology, network, mind, emergence, system and dialectics – …
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Development of an innovative and efficient urban vegetation monitoring system for sustainable urban ecology
In the rapidly urbanizing environment of New Zealand, monitoring and preserving urban green spaces are crucial for ecological balance and sustainability. Urban vegetation significantly contributes to the ecological and social fabric of city life, making its distribution, health, and diversity …
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Improving the urban ecology of northern Waller Creek through citizen implemented green infrastructure to benefit pollinators
… designs are most likely to benefit the urban ecology of Waller Creek, an urban creek in Austin, TX given its unique social and environmental characteristics? This research aims to accomplish three things: 1. Better understand strategies to create successful green infrastructure that …
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Linking sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) together with ecosystem services and disservices : new connections in urban ecology
Increased flooding, urban diffuse pollution and habitat fragmentation are predicted as the climate changes and urbanisation increases; all will affect human and wildlife well-being negatively. Sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) have the potential to mitigate these effects and also provide …
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Understanding urban ecology : exploring the ecological integrity of small scale greening interventions in the City of Cape Town
… integrity of three small-scale interventions in urban greening in a single catchment in the City of Cape Town, within the Cape Flats Sand Fynbos ecotype. The chosen intervention sites were namely: Tokai Park, Princess Vlei and Bottom Road Sanctuary. The study aimed to bridge a gap in the current …
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Cities for birds, birds for cities: The urban ecology of birds across scales from global sampling to individual responses
Urbanization is transforming ecosystems worldwide, yet our ability to understand how birds persist in cities is limited by biased data and a focus on coarse occurrence patterns. This thesis examines the urban ecology of birds across scales, from a global standardized monitoring framework to …
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Ecological City Design and Planning: How China Expands Urban Ecology, Institutional Learning, and Cultural Shifts through the Evolving Eco-Developments
… have sought to innovate their strategies for urbanization and modernization in order to set standards for sustainable development. In China, a pro-environmental movement has emerged with continued experimentation of eco-environmental approaches to urbanization. Through the lens of a series of …
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There might be a frog in McElligot's Pool: a study of the habitat characteristics and social factors associated with amphibian presence in urban residential gardens in a suburb in Cape Town
This thesis engages with urban ecology through the lens of garden amphibians within a community in Cape Town. The study explores habitat and maintenance features associated with amphibian presence and the social processes underpinning attitudes towards amphibians, with the aim of strengthening …
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Connecting backyard wildlife habitats in Austin, TX : case study of Wildlife Austin
Urbanization is considered one of the leading threats to biodiversity and wildlife habitat (McKinney 2002; Shochat et al. 2006). Urban environments are humandominated systems, yet they support wildlife habitat and provide meaningful ecological functions. Methods to conserve biodiversity and …
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Inhabiting the interstitial: design experiments in aviary architecture and habitat creation
This thesis explores the potential of urban interstitial spaces in bird habitat creation. An interstitial space is the space in-between, underneath, beyond, enveloped, and outside our traditional concepts of habitat and urban space. It is the space between spaces, the space that eludes maps, an …
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Human and nature at conflict: a case study of Mauritius flying fox, Pteropus niger
… such as multi-species thinking, political ecology, ecocentrism versus anthropocentrism, storytelling to create new ecological narratives and urban ecology are used to frame the discussion of this case study.
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Eavesdropping on speech in wild carrion crows
… speech processing in non-human animals, and urban ecology.
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Epigeal invertebrates of Yorkshire allotments: the influence of urban-rural gradient and management style
There is a growing interest in urban ecology but it can be a difficult environment for wildlife due to a range of anthropogenic pressures. Allotments could be used to study this issue but they have been rather neglected in terms of academic research, particularly in relation to their biodiversity …
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Examining the Ecological and Social Implications of Parklets and Plazas Across Multiple Urban Scales
… at a site-specific level and across larger urban scales? Previous research has examined the dynamics and components of public spaces in cities. This research builds upon previous research efforts. By answering these questions, cities and communities seeking to create more pedestrian-friendly …
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The emergence of landscape urbanism in London: a critical landscape analysis of urban nature under the Anthropocene
… rhetoric and the contested histories of material urban landscapes. A specific set of ecological ideas underpin the field of ‘landscape urbanism’: an approach to urban design associated with a group of designers emerging from the University of Philadelphia in the 1990’s, and more recently the …
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Re-thinking the possibility of the urban roof space
Within an. urban context, if multiple level thinking associated with landscape architectural design principles are applied to roof spaces, these can be activated for specific purposes. The space on top of roofs has the potential to be converted into areas for production, recreation , socializing …
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Nature and the city : ecohistory and environmental planning in Philadelphia, 1681-2000
… contradictions have existed between visions of urban ecology in ideal and crisis terms, as well as between environmentalist and economic objectives. This thesis explores these tensions, tracing the course of ecohistory and environmental planning in the city and region of Philadelphia, …
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Urbanization's Effects on Avian Morphology, Hormones, and Behavior Across Ontogeny
… the remaining natural areas of the world. Urban-related stressors, such as lower food availability, the urban heat island, artificial light at night, and other pollution directly impact urban wildlife biodiversity and fitness. How wildlife cope and adapt to these urban modification's vary, …
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