Wildlife and the City. Urban Ecosystem Series No. 9

Sudia TW. 1978. Wildlife and the City. Urban Ecosystem Series No. 9. National Park Service. Washington, DC

Urban Ecosystem Series No. 9 discusses wildlife in cities - how it lives and interacts with an urban environment. Also explored is the need for habitat management and continuity of habitat, the regulation of ecosystems, a wholistic approach to urban ecosystems, and humans' need to achieve on-going partnerships with 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
1978
Publisher
National Park Service
Keywords
birds, cities, city, communities, cultural landscape, ecological, ecology, ecosystem, sociology, species diversity, technology, urban, urban planning, wildlife
Subjects
Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Birds , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Mammals , 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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