LA5742A Dissertation Prep

Urban ecology is the study of ecosystems that include humans living in cities and urbanising landscapes. It is an emerging, interdisciplinary field that aims to understand how human and ecological processes can coexist in human-dominated systems and help societies with their efforts to become more sustainable. It has deep roots in many disciplines including sociology, geography, urban planning, landscape architecture, engineering, economics, anthropology, climatology, public health, and ecology which will be described in this class. The course is designed to introduce students to the fundamental principles of urban ecology so they can better integrate ecological principles in their future designs.