The Ecology of the Walking City. Urban Ecosystem Series No. 3

Sudia TW. 1973. The Ecology of the Walking City. Urban Ecosystem Series No. 3. National Park Service. Washington, DC

Urban Ecosystem Series No. 3 explores the concepts of walkability and walking convenience in an urban environment and discusses how to achieve "walking cities." 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
1973
Publisher
National Park Service
Keywords
anthropology, cities, city, communities, cultural landscape, ecology, ecosystem, recreation, sociology, urban, urban planning, walkability, walking
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

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