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Urban Watersheds

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A watershed is the area of land where all of the water that is under it or drains off of it goes into the same place. The watershed approach, where…

Islands of Green

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Urban ecosystems offer fundamentally new habitat for both animal and plant species. While originally viewed as largely disturbed environments, urban places are emerging not as ecological disasters, but rich environments…

Perceptions of Justice

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Twenty-five years of environmental justice scholarship shows that racial and ethnic minorities are more likely than whites to live near facilities that release toxins into the air, land, and water….

Mapping Urban Lands

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Traditional land classifications in the US emphasized the contrast between urban or built-up versus wild or managed lands. Based on that fundamental split, urban lands have been subdivided into such…

Importance of Household Decisions

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Residential landscapes are a critical ecological feature of the urban ecosystem because they are widespread and are made up of highly designed and managed combinations of plants (e.g., landscaping) and…