The River in the City. Urban Ecosystem Series No. 4

Sudia TW. 1974. The River in the City. Urban Ecosystem Series No. 4. National Park Service. Washington, DC

Urban Ecosystem Series No. 4 explores the history of river use in the United States and the decline of rivers in urban areas due to pollution. Dr. Sudia discusses rivers as an early means of exploration and westward expansion in the U.S. He also explores the decline of rivers that are near to or pass through urban areas and how they can be restored to enable cities to realize a river's recreational potential. 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
1974
Publisher
National Park Service
Keywords
cities, city, communities, cultural landscape, ecology, ecosystem, recreation, river, rivers, 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: Rivers , NPS.gov Subject Site: Urban Parks and Programs

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