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Skröder, Fanny. "Urban Ecology Enclosure." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-135557.

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My project is an Ecological center with three programs: an educational part, primary for children, a veterinary station and a NGO Centre. During the study trip to Ahmedabad I couldn’t help to notice the bad condition of the stray dogs. There’s problems with rabies and lack of animal birth control of the dogs. I also saw cases when children were hurting dogs and doves, throwing rocks at them, and I also read that Collage students hit stray dogs with sticks in the University havens because they got scared when the animals starts to flock there. I was confused how India, where all living being is

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Nolan-Spohn, Hannah Katherine. "Urban Ecology: History and Practice." Thesis, Boston College, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/483.

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Thesis advisor: Eric G. Strauss<br>The study of human interactions with nature in the context of urban environments has evolved over the past fifty years. Early writers who were able to view urban areas as ecosystems planted the seeds for what is today an important and growing movement across the United States. They paved the way for later scholars to develop human- and ecologically-based natural histories, to imagine land uses, urban planning and development in new and sustainable ways, and to reinforce the spiritual and emotional bond between humanity and nature. In the last ten to fifteen y

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Modna, Daniela. "Influência das áreas verdes urbanas na temperatura e na umidade do ar em São Carlos-SP." Universidade de São Paulo, 2004. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18139/tde-17062016-153958/.

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A remoção da vegetação para dar lugar a edificações e superfícies pavimentadas implica na anulação de diversos serviços ambientais. Entre eles está o sombreamento, que impede a aquecimento do ar derivado da re-emissão da radiação solar pelas superfícies. O ar quente e seco contribui para o aumento da sensação de desconforto e favorece a incidência de doenças respiratórias. O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar valores de temperatura e umidade do ar, comparando-se dados coletados por estações meteorológicas automáticas instaladas em regiões arborizadas e áridas da cidade, durante a ocorrência

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McCleery, Robert Alan. "Urban fox squirrel ecology and management." Diss., Texas A&M University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/5908.

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I studied the habitat selection, survival, and anti-predator behaviors of the fox squirrel (Siurus niger) across the urban-rural gradient in College Station, Texas. From two years of tracking the radio locations of 82 fox squirrels, my data suggested that fox squirrels in urban areas selected for use large mast bearing trees that mimicked the habitat features they prefer in non-urban areas and avoided conifer and ornamental tree species. Urban fox squirrels selected to use buildings and non-native grass during certain seasons and showed a tolerance for pavement, including it proportionally in

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Blaney, Weston Douglas. "An Institute for Urban Agriculture: Architecture, Ecology and Urban Habitat." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35895.

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Humankind has lived on earth for a geologically brief time. Our species has proven a remarkable ability to adapt to our environment through the development and use of tools and technology. Little evidence suggests when our need to tame nature took hold in our collective cultural consciousness, yet throughout western history, human needs and activities have been perceived as separate from the natural world. We stand at the beginning of a new millennium, aware of the cycles which govern the flows of life on our planet, yet far from understanding the specifics of how they work. This building,

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Nolasco, Camille Lanzarotti. "A dimensão ecológica da agricultura urbana no município de Juiz de Fora/MG." Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), 2009. https://repositorio.ufjf.br/jspui/handle/ufjf/4685.

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Diaz, Porras Daniel F. "Historical urban ecology, green spaces and biodiversity." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2013. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/5214/.

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Moraes, Aline Ferraz Gringo [UNESP]. "Assembleia de aves no meio urbano e suas relações com áreas verdes." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/143802.

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Lock, Nga Yi, and 駱雅儀. "The ecology of urban birds in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31240665.

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Davison, John. "Ecology and behaviour of urban badgers (Meles meles)." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.441028.

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Huang, Chongqi. "Urban ecology of necrophagous flies in Greater London." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.410056.

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Locret-Collet, Martin Michel Georges. "Commoning our futures? : an anarchist urban political ecology." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2017. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7839/.

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One response to the increasing pressure of urban living is in the re-appropriation of public spaces and urban green to help sustain and enhance the environmental, social and cultural life of cities. But a major paradox arises here: while they are increasingly leaning on voluntarist discourses of sustainability, the pressure of privatization, the implementation of risk-based policies and the general principles of consumer-based urban economies only scarcely fit with the notion of common, public spaces, and hardly accommodate with the freedom of their users or their alternative or even subversiv

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Simovic, Milos. "Functional Ecology and Ecosystem Services of Urban Trees." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1599128381542917.

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Lock, Nga-yi. "The ecology of urban birds in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B22424945.

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Hanford, Jayne Kathryn. "Aquatic Biodiversity and Mosquito Ecology in Urban Wetlands." Thesis, University of Sydney, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/23225.

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Global wetland loss means urban wetlands are an increasingly valuable conservation resource. Concerns around mosquito-borne diseases will restrict how we manage these wetlands for conservation, yet the impacts of common wetland management practices on aquatic biodiversity and mosquitoes are often untested, and our understanding of interactions between biodiversity, mosquitoes and wetland and landscape traits is severely limited. I used a combination of observational and landscape scale manipulative field experiments and laboratory experiments to characterise relationships between aquatic biodi

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Hopkins, Michael Ian Wilhem. "Using fringe belts to examine the relationships between urban morphology and urban ecology." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.403474.

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BURKE, MEGAN ANNE. "AMMENDING URBAN ECOLOGY: A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ON THE GROVE THE URBAN GREEN." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/190412.

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França, José Ulisses Bezerra de. "Biodiversidade arbórea e estoque de carbono em áreas verdes urbanas: contribuições para a infraestrutura verde de São Paulo, SP." Universidade Nove de Julho, 2017. http://bibliotecatede.uninove.br/handle/tede/1766.

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Power, Andres M. "Designing for ecology : the ecological park." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37863.

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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2006.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 136-144).<br>This thesis aims to define a) what an ecological park is, and b) whether it is a new model in park design. Reference to the literature on landscape ecology is used to analyze the natural ecological merit of these parks, while reference to the literature on communicative elements of the landscape is used to analyze the pedagogic, or socio-cultural merit of these parks. Two case studies of recently built ecological parks - Xochimilco in Me

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Hartmann, Franz M. "Nature in the city : urban ecological politics in Toronto /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape9/PQDD_0023/NQ39270.pdf.

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Niziolek, Dani R. "Landscape Effects on Urban Plant Traits: Rethinking the Value of Urban Weeds." Ohio University Honors Tutorial College / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1587738269628448.

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Freiman, Christine. "Urban Waterway Renewal: Integrating Planning and Ecology to Achieve Balanced Outcomes." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1553513426580667.

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Greenep, H. K. "Urban ecology in Christchurch: a reconciliation approach to enhancing native biodiversity on urban greyfields." Lincoln University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/1924.

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Traditionally New Zealand ecological research has focused on nature outside of cities, however, as with global trends, there is now more interest being given to the ecological functioning of cities and the potential they may hold for protecting native biodiversity. Traditionally, efforts to maintain biodiversity in urban areas have been restricted to remnants of native vegetation and restoration activities. Little attention has been given to how native biodiversity could be woven into the urban fabric in an ecologically meaningful way. One option, that is receiving much attention overseas, is

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Moraes, Aline Ferraz Gringo. "Assembleia de aves no meio urbano e suas relações com áreas verdes." Botucatu, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/143802.

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Orientador: Reginaldo José Donatelli<br>Resumo: A urbanização altera a composição e a diversidade das comunidades bióticas, por esse motivo pesquisas ecológicas têm sido realizadas nas cidades com o objetivo de reconhecer seus impactos. As aves, consideradas bioindicadores, têm sido intensamente estudadas em áreas urbanas. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a riqueza e a abundância da avifauna na área urbana de Bauru (SP), bem como verificar como diferentes coberturas vegetais podem interferir na comunidade de aves. A avifauna foi amostrada entre dezembro de 2014 e novembro de 2015 em quatro

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Munoz, Anna Maria. "Nesting ecology of mourning doves in changing urban landscapes." Texas A&M University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/1405.

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Texas A&M University (TAMU) supports a substantial breeding population of mourning doves (Zenaida macroura) with one of the highest nest densities in Texas. There has been a long history of mourning dove research on the TAMU Campus, with initial population studies conducted in the 1950s, and the most recent studies occurring in the 1980s. The TAMU Campus and surrounding areas have experienced substantial changes associated with urbanization and expansion over the last 50 years, altering mourning dove habitat on and around campus. The objective of this study was to examine mourning dove nesti

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Chen, Ziyue. "Modelling 3D urban landscape ecology using airborne lidar data." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648551.

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Marks, Daniel. "An Urban Political Ecology of the 2011 Bangkok Floods." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/15749.

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This thesis challenges the dominant approach to examining flooding through a case study of the 2011 Bangkok floods. The alternative approach developed here views floods not only as outcomes of biophysical processes but also as products of political decisions, economic interests, and power relations. This approach illustrates how vulnerability to floods, which is a combination of exposure to floods and capacity to cope with them, and the extent to which floods are a disaster, are uneven at multiple scales across geographical and social landscapes. Using a mixture of quantitative and qualitative

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Hall, Matthew Joshua Garcia. "Ecology of the Australian brush-turkey in Urban Ecosystems." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/29355.

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Urbanisation is one of the most extreme and long-lasting forms of human driven environmental change, which can have profound consequences for biodiversity. As cities replace natural landscapes, remaining habitat remnants are often highly fragmented and degraded, presenting a difficult challenge for urban dwelling wildlife. While many species are unable to persist in cities, others not only survive but thrive in the hostile landscape. A key area of research in urban ecology is identifying the combinations of traits that characterise successful urban exploiting species, as well as the mechanisms

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Waltham, Nathan John. "Fish in Artificial Urban Waterways: Ecology, Feeding and Contamination." Thesis, Griffith University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365979.

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To maximise opportunities for coastal land with waterfrontage, property developers have claimed natural wetlands (saltmarsh, mangroves) for construction of artificial urban waterway developments in many places. These created habitats differ from nearby shallow estuarine habitats; they lack the macrophytes common in natural estuaries, they receive untreated urban stormwater runoff, and typically comprise a highly ramified network of narrow and deep channels. Few studies of these habitats exist and there is no clear understanding of their ecological value and role as coastal fish habitat. Manage

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Oliveira, Daniel Azevedo Mendes de. "Agricultura e agrossilvicultura urbana e suas políticas públicas: uma análise no município de Piracicaba." Universidade de São Paulo, 2018. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/91/91131/tde-21012019-144052/.

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Com a modernização da agricultura, uma consequência foi o grande êxodo rural que ocorreu no Brasil e na América Latina na segunda metade do século XX. Dessa maneira os alimentos começaram a viajar maiores distancias, consequentemente encarecendo os preços, principalmente dos mais perecíveis, como as hortaliças. Nesse contexto surge a agricultura urbana ocupando espaços vazios urbanos e produzindo alimentos frescos próximos a centros consumidores. O presente trabalho foi realizado no município de Piracicaba, onde existe uma grande quantidade de hortas urbanas; também motivou o início deste trab

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Hayes, Audrey A. "Analyses of coyote (canis latrans) consumption of anthropogenic material and dietary composition in urban and non-urban habitats." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1630436863238348.

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Bergh, Maria G. "Community Ecology: Social Capital in Public Space." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337352062.

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Silva, Marcos Virgilio da. "Naturalismo e biologização das cidades na constituição da idéia de meio ambiente urbano." Universidade de São Paulo, 2005. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/16/16133/tde-17032006-182326/.

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A constituição da idéia de meio ambiente urbano é aqui avaliada sob a perspectiva das concepções que, historicamente, tentam enquadrar as cidades em categorias biológicas, tais como corpo, organismo e, contemporaneamente, (ecos)sistema. Essa tendência de naturalização ou biologização das cidades é característica do pensamento social pelo menos desde o século XIX: seus antecedentes são certamente ainda mais remotos, mas as origens de seus aspectos contemporâneos mais característicos podem ser encontradas em meados do século XVIII. Este trabalho visa resgatar alguns dos aspectos mais impor

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Baró, Francesc. "Urban Green Infrastructure: Modeling and mapping ecosystem services for sustainable planning and management in and around cities." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/399173.

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En un planeta cada vegada més urbà, moltes ciutats i els seus habitants s'enfronten a múltiples i urgents amenaces dins de les seves fronteres, incloent l'estrès per excés de calor, la contaminació i la creixent desconnexió amb la biosfera. Millorar la sostenibilitat, la resiliència i l'habitabilitat de les àrees urbanes ha de ser per tant un objectiu de importància primordial en l'agenda política, des de les autoritats locals a les globals. L'aplicació del marc de serveis dels ecosistemes, a partir dels conceptes de 'infraestructura verda' i 'solucions basades en la naturalesa', es considera

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Wen, Yuming. "Spatial diffusion model for simulation of urban land cover change /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2004. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/dlnow/3147805.

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Daou, Daniel (Daou Ornelas). "Synthetic ecology : revisiting Mexico City's lakes project." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67223.

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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2011.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-78).<br>Mexico City was founded 700 years ago on man made islets in the middle of a lake. Today, it faces a contradictory situation were water is running scarce, but simultaneously the city runs the risk of drowning in its own sewage. A series of past projects -all addressing the hydrological imbalance- outline a lineage that makes pin p

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Lequerica, Tamara Manuel Eduardo. "The ecology and behaviour of hover flies in urban ecosystems." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2023. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/29985.

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Biodiversity is under threat from a range of transformative processes that humans have set in motion. It is critical that we understand how wildlife responds to these processes, to protect them from threats posed by them. Urbanisation is one of the most pervasive processes altering ecosystems and the way they function. Insect pollinators are pivotal to life on earth because they mediate the reproduction of most angiosperms, which–in turn–support the nutrient and energy cycles of most food webs. Concerns around declines in insect pollinators are common, yet the lack of understanding of the ec

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Herr, Jan. "Ecology and Behaviour of Urban Stone Martens (Martesfoina) in Luxembourg." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.486993.

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The stone marten (MarIes foina) is common throughout continental Europe where it often occurs in urban environments. Conflicts between humans and martens arise when the animals den under the roofs of inhabited buildings or damage car engine components. The aims ofmy study were (a) to provide a general description of the ecology and behaviour ofurban stone martens and (b) to formulate management recommendations based on these data. I radio tracked 13 stone martens in two toWIis in southern Luxembourg. Individuals were followed at night to provide information about ranging and territorial behavi

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Woo, Chunho Anthony, and 鄔俊豪. "Molecular ecology and public health risks of urban bio-aerosols." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B49617680.

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The Earth’s atmosphere supports microorganisms and they include potential pathogens and microbial allergens. Whilst indoor environments have been well studied, relatively little is known of bio-aerosols in outdoor locations and their potential influence on human health, particularly with regard to urban development. Hong Kong provides an ideal model system for testing hypotheses related to the impact of urbanization on bio-aerosols, with a well-defined gradient of urbanization and large population. This thesis describes work to establish the biodiversity and spatio-temporal dynamics of outdoo

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Smith, Nicoleen Celeste. "Birds and the urban ecology of Potchefstroom / Nicoleen Celeste Smith." Thesis, North-West University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/593.

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Human activities cause drastic changes in the environment, such as the fragmentation of habitats, which is the greatest threat to the world's biodiversity and biogeography. By using birds to study habitat changes, it is possible that the type of habitat qualities that may still be possible near and in cities could be determined. It is possible that by improving the quality or conditions of habitats for birds, habitat qualities for other fauna would also improve. Birds are also considered to be good indicators as they are collectively sensitive to changes in their environments; however, they ar

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Raven, Susan Jane. "Aspects of the ecology of gulls in the urban environment." Thesis, Durham University, 1997. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/5069/.

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A survey in 1994 recorded nearly 14,000 pairs of Larus gulls of four species nesting on buildings in Britain and Ireland. The majority of these records involved Herring Gulls, although large numbers of Lesser Black-backed Gulls were also observed. Since the last such survey in 1976, Lesser Black-backed Gulls had shown the highest rate of increase. Despite the sharp decline in the numbers of Herring Gulls breeding in Britain and Ireland since the mid-1970s, numbers nesting on roofs had continued increasing, albeit at a lower rate than before. New developments since 1976 included increasing numb

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Amador, Rocha Elise. "Insect urban ecology : aphid interactions with natural enemies and mutualists." Thesis, University of Reading, 2017. http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/73311/.

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Cities are novel and fast changing environments. We have little understanding of how urbanisation affects ecological patterns and processes. In Chapter One I review the literature (with an emphasis on arthropods) concerning the general effects of urbanisation on biodiversity, how urban greenspaces are structured, the main characteristics of urban ecological populations and communities, and how trophic dynamics and species interactions are affected by urban environments. The experimental chapters of this thesis focuses on addressing gaps in knowledge concerning how species interactions respond

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Chapman, Roselle Elizabeth. "Conservation and foraging ecology of bumble bees in urban environments." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2004. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1446898/.

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The decline of British bumble bees has been attributed to the loss of their habitat through the intensification of agricultural practices. In the quest for information of use to bumble bee conservation the potential of our flower-rich cities has been overlooked. The overall aim of this study was to determine the status and foraging requirements of bumble bees in the urban environment provided by the city of London, U.K. My principal findings are as follows. Six common species and three rare species were identified. The greatest diversity of Bombus species was found in the east of London. Garde

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Collins, Rita. "Urban Coyote (Canis latrans) Ecology| Diet, Activity, and Habitat Use." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10826343.

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<p> Non-habituated coyotes (<i>Canis latrans</i>) avoid direct interactions with humans. Reliance on human food sources has been linked to gradual habituation, a precursor to conflict and attacks on domestic pets and humans. Diet and activity patterns of urban coyotes inhabiting natural fragments in Long Beach, CA were monitored through scat collection and camera trapping over a year (Aug 2016 – Aug 2017). Local urban coyotes are relying predominately on natural foods, with an increase in mammalian prey in the wet season and an increase in vegetation and insect consumption in the dry sea

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Johnson, Bonnie Kathryn. "An Industrial Designer's Ethic, A Study: Products for Urban Ecology." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41289.

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This body of work aims to discover opportunities for industrial design to support sustainable ways of living in a materialistic society. At first glance, sustainable living and product design seem incongruent. Perhaps through investigation of the nature of product design and models of sustainability, a plan can be established which actually strengthens the reality of each in light of social, economic and environmental issues.<br>Master of Science

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Williams, Robert A. "The ecology of antisocial behavior in urban African American youths /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9901301.

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Yates, David. "Continuity through change : urban ecology in a south London market." Thesis, University of Kent, 2015. https://kar.kent.ac.uk/51581/.

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This research works to demonstrate how different descriptions of place and identity can be understood as being co-constructed. Specifically, how this process facilitates market to be adaptable, more resilient, type of place. It is an exploration of the notion that ‘People make places and places make people’. In order to illustrate the process of research and knowledge development, the first two chapters of this thesis demonstrate a progression of the research subject. Chapter 1 sets out the key characteristics and similarities of both place and identity presented across a range of disciplines

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Han, Ruibo. "Urban Transformation in China: From an Urban Ecological Perspective." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/23246.

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China has undergone significant urban growth and industrialization over the last 30 years and its incredible development continues to move ahead at an increasingly rapid pace. In terms of urban expansion, China has just recently surpassed the world’s average urbanization rate of 50%, as it moves its massive population from rural to urban areas at an astonishing speed. It’s massive population and fast urbanizing speed aside, China is also unique in terms of its socio-political system and historical-cultural context: it is a hybrid of government planning and market forces. Since it encompasses a

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Bagstad, Kenneth Joseph. "Ecological economic applications for urban and regional sustainability /." Full text available, 2009. http://library.uvm.edu/dspace/bitstream/123456789/207/1/Bagstad%20Thesis.pdf.

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Wasserman, Shanna E. "Sustainable economic development : the case of implementing industrial ecology." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/42824.

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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2001.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 112-117).<br>Industrial ecology (IE) is an emerging paradigm for environmental control. IE offers a framework for altering industrial activities so that they more closely reflect a closed loop cycle, rather than a linear flow of extraction and disposal. Implementation of IE is occurring through the eco-industrial park (EIP) model. An EIP is a group of businesses that are implementing IE principles, through cooperation between one another and/or other

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