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Urban Ecology: Science of Cities by Richard T. T. Forman (review)

Urban Ecology: Science of Cities by Richard T. T. Forman (review) Book Review URBAN ECOLOGY: SCIENCE OF CITIES. they are more accessible and understandable. This book will likely appeal across disciplines (e.g., ecol- By Richard T. T. Forman.2014. Cambridge, United ogy, natural resources, design, planning, geography, Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. 478 pages. $120 and urban studies) as well as expertise levels (e.g., hardcover, $60 paperback, ISBN: 978- 1- 107- 00700- 0 advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, (hardcover), ISBN: 978- 0- 521- 18824- 1 (paperback) practitioners, and university educators). The key challenge for any author who writes a Reviewed by Laura R. Musacchio The maturation of the science of urban ecology in the book about the science of urban ecology is the sheer United States over the past two decades represents a breadth and volume of information to review, inter- milestone in the discipline of ecology, with great poten- pret, and explain in one book. Cities are complex, tial to enhance the relationship between science and adaptive systems and include many dimensions (e.g., urbanism in this century. The Long- Term Ecological biophysical, social, cultural, aesthetic, economic, Research projects (LTER) in Phoenix and Baltimore, political, infrastructure, etc.). Forman fi nds the “sweet Urban Long- Term Ecological Research Area projects spot” for this key http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Landscape Journal: design, planning, and management of the land University of Wisconsin Press

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Book Review URBAN ECOLOGY: SCIENCE OF CITIES. they are more accessible and understandable. This book will likely appeal across disciplines (e.g., ecol- By Richard T. T. Forman.2014. Cambridge, United ogy, natural resources, design, planning, geography, Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. 478 pages. $120 and urban studies) as well as expertise levels (e.g., hardcover, $60 paperback, ISBN: 978- 1- 107- 00700- 0 advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, (hardcover), ISBN: 978- 0- 521- 18824- 1 (paperback) practitioners, and university educators). The key challenge for any author who writes a Reviewed by Laura R. Musacchio The maturation of the science of urban ecology in the book about the science of urban ecology is the sheer United States over the past two decades represents a breadth and volume of information to review, inter- milestone in the discipline of ecology, with great poten- pret, and explain in one book. Cities are complex, tial to enhance the relationship between science and adaptive systems and include many dimensions (e.g., urbanism in this century. The Long- Term Ecological biophysical, social, cultural, aesthetic, economic, Research projects (LTER) in Phoenix and Baltimore, political, infrastructure, etc.). Forman fi nds the “sweet Urban Long- Term Ecological Research Area projects spot” for this key

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Published: Mar 15, 2016

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