Ecological Engineering of the City. Urban Ecosystem Series No. 8
Sudia TW. 1978. Ecological Engineering of the City. Urban Ecosystem Series No. 8. National Park Service. Washington, DC
Urban Ecosystem Series No. 8 discusses the concept of "city" and the evolution of the concept over time as well as the concept of "ecosystem". The publication also looks at architectural, ecological, and biological engineering as systems that help create of urban ecosystems. Dr. Sudia discusses humans in their physical environment - how they operate together to form a human community and how human communities, with their accompanying technology, make up a city. He states that it's the application of engineering skills to problems that will determine the ecological soundness of the human community. Dr. Sudia feels that cities can be made better than they are, but first humans must learn more about what ecological principles apply to cities and devote more of their engineering skills to improving their operation. 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
- 1978
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Keywords
- anthropology, architecture, cities, city, communities, cultural landscape, ecological, ecology, ecosystem, engineering, sociology, technology, urban, urban planning
- 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
- Man, City, Nature. Urban Ecosystem Series No. 1
- The City as a Biological Community. Urban Ecosystem Series No. 5
- The Vegetation in the City. Urban Ecosystem Series No. 2
- The River in the City. Urban Ecosystem Series No. 4
- The City as a Park. Urban Ecosystem Series No. 6
- The Ecology of the Walking City. Urban Ecosystem Series No. 3
- Technology Assessment in the City. The Urban Ecosystem Series No. 7
- Wildlife and the City. Urban Ecosystem Series No. 9