Sentences with phrase «in urban ecology»

That certainly was the case for Ann Kinzig, a junior faculty member in urban ecology at Arizona State University (ASU), who spent the 1998 - 99 academic year in Washington, D.C., as a Roger Revelle Fellow in Global Stewardship.

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And a visionary architect in Arizona was projecting architectural ecologies (or «arcologies») which could use the earth's resources more frugally while providing a more humane context for urban life.

Paolo Soleri has conceived of an alternative form of urban life in which the architectural ecology — arcology for short — would promote both justice and the environment.

The work applies expertise in ecology, hydrology, geography, and the social sciences to decision - making about urban landscapes and the valuation of ecosystem services, among other policy issues.

But as intern Kate Baggaley reminds readers in her story about urban ecology, nature is everywhere, even in dense urban centers.

«Our experiments with fipronil and bifenthrin sprays indicate that the overall kill of these insecticides on Argentine ant colonies is substantially improved — by 57 to 142 percent — by incorporating (Z)-9-hexadecenal in the sprays,» said Dong - Hwan Choe, an assistant professor of entomology and the research project leader, whose lab focuses on urban entomology, insect behavior and chemical ecology.

«We're interested in how urban warming affects the ecology of insects and what implications that might have for understanding how global warming might impact insects outside of the city, «said Elsa Youngsteadt, an entomology research associate at NCSU and co-lead author of the study.

These institutions provide expertise in climate science, ecology, impacts assessment, modeling, urban environments, and advanced information technology.

Aquatic urban ecology at the scale of a capital: community structure and interactions in street gutters — Vincent Hervé, ISME

They explore several new and long - standing concepts in landscape architecture, planning, and urban design from the creation of great urban landscapes, urban ecologies, and landscape infrastructure.

They explore several new and long - standing concepts in landscape architecture, planning, and urban design from the creation of great urban landscapes, urban ecologies, and landscape infrastructure.

Some Build SF students spend their nonapprenticeship afternoons at the program's studio taking two required classes, one in architecture and the other in design and urban ecology.

Ashwani Vasishth (USA) is an Associate Professor in Environmental Planning, and directs the Master of Arts in Sustainability Studies at Ramapo College and is also engaged with urban ecology projects from within a social - ecological - systems perspective, at http://sustainablejc.org.

Ecologies of parental engagement in urban education.

In the past twenty years, planted walls and vertical gardens, one of the many innovations showcased in The Human Age, have gone from novelty to mainstream, as part of the reconciliation ecology movement that is working to preserve or increase urban biodiversitIn the past twenty years, planted walls and vertical gardens, one of the many innovations showcased in The Human Age, have gone from novelty to mainstream, as part of the reconciliation ecology movement that is working to preserve or increase urban biodiversitin The Human Age, have gone from novelty to mainstream, as part of the reconciliation ecology movement that is working to preserve or increase urban biodiversity.

What about cats who «fit» into urban ecologies, taking the place of otherwise absent predators and contributing ecological services in the form of pest control?»

They explore several new and long - standing concepts in landscape architecture, planning, and urban design from the creation of great urban landscapes, urban ecologies, and landscape infrastructure.

The cats go on fulfilling their role in the urban / suburban ecology as mousers for the rest of their usually short lives, at which point the mousing role is ceded to native predators.

And what about cats who «fit» into urban ecologies, taking the place of otherwise absent predators and contributing ecological services in the form of pest control?

With a background in evolutionary ecology and conservation biology from UC Davis, Allen has a particular interest in bird population responses to urban development, climate change, and other human pressures.

First launched in 2006, the Urban Field Station provides a location for this long - term research partnership promoting applied science on urban ecology, conservation, stewardship, and ecological literacy to support ecosystem management and human well - bUrban Field Station provides a location for this long - term research partnership promoting applied science on urban ecology, conservation, stewardship, and ecological literacy to support ecosystem management and human well - burban ecology, conservation, stewardship, and ecological literacy to support ecosystem management and human well - being.

The exhibition also features publications produced in the Hudson Valley on rural and urban food infrastructures installed in the CCS Bard Bulletin Board, and a presentation of objects from the CCS Bard library and Special Collections that deal with the transformation of landscapes via farming, architecture, ecology, mapping, and food culture.

Technologies + Ecologies 1: Landscape Technologies presents the materials and methods of landscape construction, which are considered in the design of two urban parks in Studio II.

Panelists: Olivia Georgia, Executive Director, Mary Miss / City as Living Laboratory (CaLL); Jesse Goldstein, Adjunct Professor, Design and Urban Ecologies, The New School; and Jan Mun, Artist in Residence, Newtown Creek Alliance.

Shirley's work was also featured in group exhibitions including: Chance Ecologies, Queens Museum (2016); The Luminous Surface, Salisbury University, Maryland, USA (2015); Magnetic North: Artists of The Arctic Circle, UBS Art Gallery, New York, NY (2014); Sandnes 2160, Museum of Moving Image, New York (2013); Free City, Public At installation for The Flint Public Art Project, Flint, Michigan (2013); [PAM] Cyland Festival, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia (2009); Drift, National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia (2008); Video Art in The Age of the Internet, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY (2007); Video As Urban Condition, Museum of Modern Art Linz, Linz, Austria (2007).

Human / Nature is a museum show that examines the relationship between humans and the urban ecology in Sydney's Inner West through the collection of objects.

During the residency we explore the relationship between the urban and the natural, un-designed landscapes and wilderness found in abandoned spaces, post-industrial sites surrounding the park and the Flushing River, culminating with Chance Ecologies exhibition at the Queens Museum in October 2016.

Amanda White Amanda White is a Toronto - based artist who's current research interests include: cultural imaginations of nature, interdisciplinary and collaborative art practice, art and the environment, posthumanities, issues in agriculture and food, and urban ecologies.

Every year since the inception in 1980 of Wave Hill's Forest Project Summer Collaborative, one of the nation's longest running youth development internships focusing on urban ecology, Bronx - area high school students have participated in urban woodland restoration projects while learning...

The oldest urban woodland conservation program for youth in the United States, the FPSC has been working to improve the ecology of the Bronx since...

Personal distress gives rise to a gallows humor in which the body reflects the urban tension and precarious ecology of the landscapes.

Mierle Laderman Ukeles is equally engaged in uncovering the often - arbitrary limits between ecology and the economic functioning of the urban landscape.

For more than 30 years, the Forest Project has offered paid, summer internships in the increasingly relevant discipline of woodland and urban ecology.

Her interest areas are the power of public art as mediator between ecology, economics and society; the prioritization of community - based strategies in sustainable urbanization; and building rural - urban linkages in response to economic, environmental and population pressures.

In his academic work, Light is the author of over 100 scholarly articles and book chapters primarily on the normative dimensions of climate change, restoration ecology, and urban sustainability, and has authored, co-authored, and edited 19 booksincluding Environmental Values (2008), Controlling Technology (2005), Moral and Political Reasoning in Environmental Practice (2003), Technology and the Good LifIn his academic work, Light is the author of over 100 scholarly articles and book chapters primarily on the normative dimensions of climate change, restoration ecology, and urban sustainability, and has authored, co-authored, and edited 19 booksincluding Environmental Values (2008), Controlling Technology (2005), Moral and Political Reasoning in Environmental Practice (2003), Technology and the Good Lifin Environmental Practice (2003), Technology and the Good Life?

While the ecology of fire in the western U.S. has been studied extensively, there is a dearth of information about how humans, particularly those residing at the wildland - urban interface, influence and respond to wildfire, and how institutional barriers may hinder effective fire management.

The Netherlands offers inspiration for designers looking to create environments that harvest water, energy and nutrients by William McDonough Published April 23, 2014 in the Guardian Urban farms are transforming inner city spaces — rooftops, infrastructure, streetscapes, building skin — into generative ecologies that support the lives of people, and pollinators too.

In his text, he discusses why regional ecology is an issue for urban planning.

It shows not only that green roofs and other biological technologies can be effectively and profitably deployed in large - scale urban projects, but also that industry and ecology, nature and the city can indeed flourish side - by - side.

He's a leader in the emerging field of urban ecology and an expert on carbon footprints, the metric used to gauge the volume of greenhouse gases that a person or community emits during the course of their everyday activities.

These questions, and others like them, are not purely academic: Changes in fog frequency have implications for a wide range of sectors, including coastal ecology, agriculture, urban energy and water consumption, and public health.

Seen over at Tech Times, this module is conceived as part of a «plug - in ecology» that also doubles as a «living» cabin that people can enter, the Urban Farm Pod features a computer - designed framework in the form of a rotegrity sphere.

Urban farming is key in the reclamation of an Earth and ecology - based value system, and it plays an important role: We

They explore several new and long - standing concepts in landscape architecture, planning, and urban design from the creation of great urban landscapes, urban ecologies, and landscape infrastructure.

They explore several new and long - standing concepts in landscape architecture, planning, and urban design from the creation of great urban landscapes, urban ecologies, and landscape infrastructure.