urban ecology

collocation in English

meaningsofurbanandecology

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urban
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈɜː.bən/us
/ˈɝː.bən/
of or in a city ...
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ecology
noun[U]
uk
/iˈkɒl.ə.dʒi/us
/iˈkɑː.lə.dʒi/
the relationships between the air, land, water, animals, plants, etc., usually of a particular area, or the scientific study ...
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(Definition ofurbanandecologyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They developed an approach to social and economic relations in the city that, broadly defined, was termed 'urbanecology'.
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Changes can be planned, agreed upon by many people, being very deliberate, as inurbanecologyand especially industrial ecology.
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They also strived for homogeneous land use andurbanecologyattributes.
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The great increase in population has had tremendous implications in theurbanecologyin the developing world.
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Discerning the potential quality of wild nature in the city is a first step to see how newurbanecologymight be developed.
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He proposes a synthesis ofurbanecologyand human community, based on the universal concept of open dynamic systems.
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The methods and studies ofurbanecologyare similar to and comprise a subset of ecology.
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Inurbanecology, remote sensing is used to collect data about terrain, weather patterns, light, and vegetation.
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This includes among others: urban economics, urban planning,urbanecology, urban transportation systems, urban politics, sociology and urban social relations.
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They also take courses focused onurbanecologyand green construction.
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Sustainability reflects techniques and consumption ensuring reasonably low resource use as a component ofurbanecology.
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Urbanecologyis a recent field of study compared to ecology as a whole.
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One application of remote sensing forurbanecologyis to detect the productivity of an area by measuring the photosynthetic wavelengths of emitted light.
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Ecological study techniques have been developed over centuries, but many of the techniques use forurbanecologyare more recently developed.
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Urbanecologyadvocates use bioregions for nesting their redesigned cities in a broad natural context.
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The first is theurbanecologymodel in which the community and family network are central.
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Rebar's projects often intersect with contemporaryurbanecology, new urbanism, and psychogeography practices and theory.
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The study ofurbanecologycarries increasing importance because, within the next forty years, two-thirds of the world's population will be living in expanding urban centers.
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Many of these effects are not fully understood, asurbanecologyhas only recently emerged as a scientific discipline and much more research remains to be done.
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Perkins, founded the city planning department and focused the landscape architecture program onurbanecology.
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