Understanding Urban Ecosystems: A New Frontier for Science and Education

Introduction: Ecosystem understanding is a key to understanding cities Why ianding urban ecosystems an important frontier for education and educators? The role of understanding urban ecosystems in community development Why is understanding urban ecosystems important to people concerned about environmental justice? Why is a developing a broad understanding of urban ecosystems important to science and scientists? Natural ecosystems in cities - a model for cities as ecosystems An ecosystem approach to understanding cities: familiar foundations and uncharted frontiers Understanding urban ecosystems: an ecological economics perspective Social science concepts and frameworks for understanding urban ecosystems The future of urban ecosystem education from a social scientist's perspective A social ecology approach to understanding urban ecosystems and landscapes The historical dimension of urban ecology: Frameworks and concepts The ecoscape and the city A human ecology model for the Tianjin urban ecosystem Psychological and ecological perspectives on the development of systems thinking Toward ecology literacy: Contributions from Project 2061 science literacy reform tools (Cont.)