Man, City, Nature. Urban Ecosystem Series No. 1
Sudia TW. 1971. Man, City, Nature. Urban Ecosystem Series No. 1. National Park Service. Washington, DC
Urban Ecosystem Series No. 1 explores the the relationship between humans, nature, and the built (city) environment and looks at cities as biological communities. Dr. Sudia points out that cities are distinct ecological settings which must be managed as ecosystems in order to function for the benefit of their inhabitants. Humans don't generally think of cities as biological communities which means that, to a large extent, the non-engineering and non-technical aspects of cities tend to be secondary considerations. Dr. Sudia leads the reader through the natural elements within a city and discusses the concepts and creation of an urban ecosystem designed for the benefit of humans and nature. Urban Ecosystem Series. Written in the 1970s by Theodore W. Sudia, Chief Scientist of the National Park Service, the short publications in this series explore what was, at the time, an emerging field of study - Urban Ecology. The publications were more academic in nature and explored humans’ interactions with ecology in an urban/city setting. Dr. Sudia examined the relationships between humans, nature, and the urban environment through the concept that every city functions as a biological community intertwined with its ecology. In the series publications he explored how humans and nature interact with each other within these unique human-created environments.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Sudia, Theodore
- Date of Issue
- 1971
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Keywords
- biological community, cities, city, communities, cultural landscape, ecology, ecosystem, landscape, nature, planning, social organization, sociology, urban
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Human Use | Cultural Landscapes | Cultural Landscapes , Ecological Framework: Landscapes | Landscape Dynamics | Land Cover and Use , NPS.gov Subject Site: Cultural Landscapes , NPS.gov Subject Site: Urban Parks and Programs
See also
- The City as a Biological Community. Urban Ecosystem Series No. 5
- The Vegetation in the City. Urban Ecosystem Series No. 2
- Ecological Engineering of the City. Urban Ecosystem Series No. 8
- Technology Assessment in the City. The Urban Ecosystem Series No. 7
- The City as a Park. Urban Ecosystem Series No. 6
- The Ecology of the Walking City. Urban Ecosystem Series No. 3
- The River in the City. Urban Ecosystem Series No. 4
- Wildlife and the City. Urban Ecosystem Series No. 9