Urban Ecology

Subject Guide

Urban Ecology Urban Ecology provides an overview of concepts of urban

ecology and resilience framed by the interrelationships between
Urban ecology studies the impact of urban areas on local communities and the natural and built environments at local,
environments, highlighting both the challenges and solutions to regional, and global scales.
sustainability in an increasingly urbanized world. Urban ecology
recognizes that cities are complex and dynamic systems with The History of Urban Ecology: An Ecologist’s Perspective
their distinct ecological characteristics (Grimm et al., 2008). overviews urban ecology from an ecologist’s perspective.

The Global North dominates urban sustainability research. To

Background Sources understand the landscape of knowledge read ‘The urban South
and the predicament of global sustainability’.
Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics Focuses
on providing authoritative and in-depth reviews that summarise Advancing Urban Ecology toward a Science of Cities aims to
the current state of knowledge in ecology, population dynamics, become a comprehensive, integrated science, fostering
and ecosystem processes. interdisciplinary collaboration and innovative research to
enhance urban sustainability and resilience.
Urban Ecology explores key concepts in urban ecology, urban
ecosystems, soil, hydrology, and wildlife.
Biodiversity - our strongest natural defense against climate
change discusses the interplay between climate change and
Urban ecology – current state of research and concepts
examines how urban areas interact with natural ecosystems, biodiversity, underscoring the urgent need for conservation
advocating for the view of cities as complex systems where social action amidst ecosystem disruptions.
and ecological components are interconnected.

Biodiversity by 2030: advocates for integrating urban ecology

into city planning by emphasizing green infrastructure and
community engagement to enhance sustainability and
resilience.
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News Journals
● npj Urban Sustainability
Nature Portfolio is an international weekly journal of science ● Nature Sustainability
that also publishes reviews, critical comments, news, and ● Landscape and Urban Planning
analysis. ● Journal of Urban Ecosystems
The Conversation provides information on ecology, urban ● Journal of Urban Ecology
wildlife, and biodiversity. ● Cities - The International Journal of Urban Policy and
Science X is a network of websites that offers the most Planning
thorough and up-to-date daily coverage of news related to ● Landscape Ecology
science, technology, and medicine. ● Ecosystem Services
The Nature of Cities ● Environmental Management
An online platform for transdisciplinary dialogue about urban ● Sustainability
ecology and sustainability, featuring articles, essays, and ● Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
discussions from experts around the world. ● Journal of Urban Design
● Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias ● Watershed Ecology and the Environment
● Oikos Journal - Advancing Ecology
● Encyclopedia Britannica offers detailed introductions to ● Frontiers in Conservation Science
key concepts and disciplines on urban ecosystems. ● Urban Ecosystems
● The Encyclopedia of Earth is fully searchable and free and ● Current Landscape of Ecology Report
its Ecology collection covers a variety of topics. ● Ecohydrology
● UNESCO - Encyclopedia Life Support Systems is a ● Ecological Applications
repository on the web of natural and social sciences. ● Nature Sustainability
● The Dictionary of Ecological Economics offers an ● Nature Water
extensive range of definitive terms in ecological ● Urban Climate
economics. ● Ecological Indicators
● Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology ● Sustainable Cities and Society
provides peer-reviewed coverage of sustainability science
and technology. Additionally, visit the Google Scholar listing of Sustainable
Development, Hydrology and Water Resources and
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Environmental Sciences IIHS library journals database to access Ecology and Society
the journals that the library has subscribed to. Publisher: Resilience Alliance
Country: United States
Open Access E-Journals Language: English
Keywords: Ecology, social-ecology, society, resilience
Journal of Urban Research Start year: 2004
Publisher: Cairo University
Country: Gamaa Street, Giza Environmental Research Letters
Language: English Publisher: IOP Publishing
Keywords: Urban environmental studies, urban planning, Country: United Kingdom
regional planning and development Language: English
Start year: 2015 Keywords: Climate, environmental science, environmental policy
Start year: 2006
Cities and the Environment (CATE)
Publisher: Loyola Marymount University Ecology, Economy and Society – The INSEE Journal
Country: California Publisher: IOP Publishing
Language: English Country: United Kingdom
Keywords: Ecological landscaping, urban ecology, urban ecology Language: English
education Keywords: Ecology, economy, conservation, sustainability,
Start year: 2008 environment
Start year: 2018
Ecosystem Health and Sustainability
Publisher: Taylor & Francis BMC Ecology and Evolution
Country: United Kingdom Publisher: BMC
Language: English Country: United Kingdom
Keywords: Ecological theory, sustainable development, Language: English
sustainability ecosystems Keywords: Ecology, biodiversity, evolutionary biology
Start year: 2015 Start year: 2021
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Folia Oecologica ● Urban Ecological Systems: Linking Terrestrial Ecological,

Publisher: Institute of Forest Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Physical, and Socioeconomic Components of
Sciences Metropolitan Areas
Country: Slovakia ● Urban Ecological Systems: Scientific Foundations And A
Language: English Decade of Progress
Keywords: Ecosystem ecology, forest ecology, environmental ● Researching Cities, Transforming Ecology: An
sciences Investigation into Urban Ecology Agendas
Start year: 2017 ● Evolution and future of Urban Ecological Science: ecology
in, of, and for the city
Ecological Indicators ● Beyond The Urban: Rethinking Urban Ecology Using
Publisher: Elsevier Kolkata as A Case Study
Country: United Kingdom ● Prioritizing India’s Landscapes For Biodiversity,
Language: English Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being
Keywords: Ecosystem services, indicator monitoring, resource
management Books
Start year: 2021
The Routledge Handbook of
Journal of Ecology, Society and Science Urban Ecology / edited by Ian
Publisher: ECOTAS Douglas, Pippin Anderson, David
Country: Indonesia Goode, Michael C. Houck, David
Language: English Maddox, Harini Nagendra and
Keywords: ecology, environment, environmental sciences Tan Puay Yok
Start year: 2020
Call Number: 307.7603 DOU
Key Journal Articles 017954
ISBN: 9781138581357
● Urban ecology and sustainability: The Publication Date: 12-2020
state-of-the-science and future directions
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Urban Ecology / edited by Kevin J. Globalization and Urbanization :

Gaston the Global Urban Ecosystem /
James H. Spencer
Call Number: 307.76 URBA
008593 Call Number: 307.76 SPE 004846
ISBN: 9780521743495 ISBN: 9781442214750
Publication Date: 10-2010 Publication Date: 6-2014

Urban Regions : Ecology and Urban Ecologies on the Edge :

Planning Beyond the City / Making Manila's Resource
Richard T.T. Forman Frontier / Kristian Karlo Saguin

Call Number: 307.1216 FOR Call Number:

002815 304.20917320959916 SAG
ISBN: 9780521670760 019058
Publication Date: 6-2008 ISBN: 9780520382664
Publication Date: 6-2022
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Ecology of Cities and Towns : a Sustainable Urban Planning in

Comparative Approach / edited India / Joy Sen
by Mark J. McDonnell, Amy K.
Hahs, Jürgen H. Breuste Call Number: 307.76 SEN 002315
ISBN: 9788179933244
Call Number: 577.56072 ECO Publication Date: 3-2012
002179
ISBN: 9780521678339
Publication Date: 6-2009

Grounding Urban Natures :

Applied Urban Ecology : a Global
Histories and Futures of Urban
Framework / edited by Matthias
Ecologies / edited by Henrik
Richter ; Ulrike Weiland
Ernstson and Sverker Sörlin

Call Number: 577.56 APP 002917

Call Number: 304.2091732 ERN
ISBN: 9781444333404
014695
Publication Date: 11-2011
ISBN: 9780262537148
Publication Date: 10-2019
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Urban Ecology : Science of Cities / Urban Ecosystem Services /

Richard T. T. Forman Alessio Russo and Giuseppe T.
Cirella
Call Number: 577.56 FOR
004117 Call Number: 577.56 RUS 017903
ISBN: 9780521188241 ISBN: 9783036505824
Publication Date: 2-2014 Publication Date: 5-2021

Cities in the Anthropocene : New

Ecology and Urban Politics / Ihnji
Urban Ecological Design : A
Jon
Process for Regenerative Places /
Danilo Palazzo and Frederick
Call Number: 307.76 JON 019067
Steiner
ISBN: 9780745341507
Publication Date: 6-2021
Call Number: 307.1216 PAL
012167
ISBN: 9781597268295
Publication Date: 12-2011
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Urban Ecosystems : Ecological Urban Forests, Trees, and

Principles for the Built Greenspace : A Political Ecology
Environment / Frederick R. Adler Perspective / edited by L. Anders
and Colby J. Tanner Sandberg, Adrina Bardekjian, and
Sadia Butt
Call Number: 307.76 ADL.E
008250 Call Number: 635.977 URB 23
ISBN: 9780521746137 012199
Publication Date: 05-2013 ISBN: 9781138282575
Publication Date: 07-2016

Urban Ecology : Strategies for Design for Ecological Democracy /

Green Infrastructure and Land Randolph T. Hester
Use / Edited by Kimberly Etingoff
Call Number: 307.12160973 HES
Call Number: 307.76 URB 23 001530
020870 ISBN: 9780262515009
ISBN: 9781771882811 Publication Date: 01-2006
Publication Date: 07-2016
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Ecologies of Urbanism in India : Sustainable Cities : Local

Metropolitan Civility and Solutions in the Global South /
Sustainability / edited by Anne edited by Mélanie Robertson
Rademacher and K.
Sivaramakrishnan Call Number: 307.141 SUS 23
004658
Call Number: 307.760954 ECO ISBN: 9781853397233
23 004642 Publication Date: 01-2012
ISBN: 9789888139774
Publication Date: 03-2013

Sustainable Urbanism : Urban The Ecological Design and

Design with Nature / Douglas Farr Planning Reader / edited by
; foreword by Andres Duany Forster O. Ndubisi

Call Number: 307.76 FAR.R Call Number:304.2091732 ECO

016380 23 011255
ISBN: 9780471777519 ISBN: 9781610914895
Publication Date: 01-2008 Publication Date: 01-2014
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Ecology of a Changing Planet / Urban Planet / edited by Thomas

Mark B. Bush Elmqvist

Call Number:577 BUS 005573 Call Number: 307.76 ELM

ISBN: 9780130112026 009656
Publication Date: 07-2000 ISBN: 9781107196933
Publication Date: 04-2018

Guests who never left : common

Environmental valuation in South invasive alien plants of
Asia / edited by A.K. Enamul peninsular India / R. S. Reshnu
Haque, M.N. Murty, and Priya Raj, A. P. Madhavan, T. R.
Shyamsundar Shankar Raman, Divya
Mudappa, Anitha Varghese,
Call Number: 333 ENV 23 008155 Ankila J. Hiremath ; illustrated by
ISBN: 9781107007147 Ravi Jambhekar
Publication Date: 08-2011
Call Number: 581.652 RAJ
020696
ISBN: 9788195466399
Publication Date: 08-2023

Faculty Publications
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Sowing sustainable cities : The What, Why and How of the

lessons for urban agriculture World Water Crisis: Global
practices in India / Sheetal Patil, Commission on the Economics
Nitya Rao, Maitreyi Koduganti, of Water Phase 1 Review and
Chandni Singh, Prathijna Findings / Quentin Grafton,
Poonacha, Swarnika Sharma, Joyeeta Gupta, Aromar Revi,
Parama Roy, Ashwin Jagdish Krishnaswamy, Amir
Mahalingam and Nishant Bazaz, Prajna Beleyur, Ketaki
Ghoge, Santhosh Ragavan K V,
Call Number: 630.954 PAT Mahima Vijendra, Kavita
019949 Wankhade et al.
ISBN: 9788195466399
Publication Date: 08-2023 Publication Date: 03-2023

Urban Areas: Climate Change

Localising SDGs for India: 2019 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and
Tracking the Changing Urban Vulnerability / Aromar Revi,
Context / Aromar Revi, Gargi David E. Satterthwaite, Fernando
Sen, Yamini Suresh, Rahael Aragón-Durand, Jan
Kuruvilla, Amir Bazaz Corfee-Morlot, Robert B.R.
Kiunsi, Mark Pelling, Debra C.
ISBN: 9789387315624 Roberts, William Solecki, Jo da
Publication Date: 06-2014 Silva, David Dodman, Andrew
Maskrey , Sumetee Pahwa
Gajjar, Raf Tuts

ISBN: 9781107641655
Publication Date: 2014
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Open Access Books ● Regional Assessment Report on Biodiversity and

Ecosystem Services for Asia and the Pacific
● Urban Literacy: Learning to Read the City Around You ● Restoring India's Terrestrial Ecosystems: Needs,
● Textbook of Environment and Ecology Challenges, and Policy Recommendations
● Urban Ecosystem Services II: Toward a Sustainable Future ● State of the World’s Cities 2006/2007
● Scenes and Communities in the City ● Climate Change and Cities: Second Assessment Report of
● Identity, Space, and Everyday Life in Contemporary the Urban Climate Change Research Network
Northeast China ● Ecological Threat Report 2023
● Beyond the Garden: Sustainable and Inclusive Green ● Summary for Urban Policy Makers: What the IPCC Special
Urban Spaces Report on Global Warming of 1.5°c means for cities
● The Impact of Social and Ecological Factors on Coupled ● Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Report 2005
Human-Environment Systems ● Global Warming 1.5°C: Sustainable development, poverty
● Urban Transition eradication and reducing inequalities
● Mobilities on the Margins: Creative Processes of
Place-Making Databases
● Urban Land Systems: An Ecosystems Perspective
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF is an
Reports international network and open-access data platform that
provides biodiversity data from around the world.
● United Nations - Climate Reports
● Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Open City Urban Data Portal provides easy access to a wealth of
Ecosystem Services urban data, fostering transparency and empowering citizens to
● The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review make informed decisions about their cities.
● World Cities Report 2020: The Value of Sustainable
The National Bureau of Economic Research Historical Urban
Urbanization
Ecological (HUE) data set describes ward-level health and
● Cities and Biodiversity Outlook - Action and Policy
environmental conditions in seven of America’s largest
● Exploring the Urban Ecology Report 2023
cities--Baltimore, Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, Cincinnati, New
● IPCC Sixth Assessment Report: Cities, settlements and
York (Manhattan), and Philadelphia--from 1830 to 1930.
key infrastructure
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● University of Queensland, School of Economics

The UN-Habitat Urban Indicators Database is a comprehensive Economics, Ecology and Environment Working Papers
source offering global urban data and statistics, focusing on
various aspects such as population dynamics, housing, and Government Resources
environmental sustainability.
The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) proposes a
The Atlas of Urban Expansion is an open-access platform that five-tier system for Ganga river: national, state, and district
provides data and maps on urbanization patterns and trends in levels for pollution control and rejuvenation.
200 cities worldwide.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) deals with the expeditious
Our World in Data is a renowned source providing meticulously resolution of cases related to environmental protection and the
researched global statistics and insights, facilitating informed conservation of natural resources.
decision-making and fostering evidence-based discussions.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)
Working Papers provides India's environmental policy and actions, tackling
urban issues from air pollution to biodiversity conservation to
● OECD Environment Working Papers improve urban sustainability.
● STEPS Centre Working Papers
● Society of Urban Ecology (SURE) Working papers
National Mission Sustainable Habitat (NMSH) mission has been
● FAERE Working Papers
part of the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC)
● International Water Management Institute Working
since 2010, and aims to enhance urban resilience to climate
Papers
change impacts, focusing on city sustainability.
● Economic and Social Affairs Working Papers
● Research in Environmental Economics - NCEE Working Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel Report led by Madhav
Paper Series Gadgil and initiated by India’s Ministry of Environment and
● Working and Policy Papers on Biodiversity and Forests, aimed to evaluate the region's ecological health and
Ecosystems propose conservation strategies.
● Economics, Ecology and Environment Working Papers
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Report of the High-Level Working Group on the Western Ghats -

Kasturirangan Report identifies ecologically sensitive zones to
harmonise environmental conservation with economic
development.

National Action Plan on Climate Change outlines a strategic

framework to address climate change challenges through eight
national missions, promoting sustainable development.

Cities of the Future: Reimagining and Rejuvenating India’s Top 50

Urban Ecosystems aims to transform India's top 50 urban
ecosystems by integrating advanced technologies and
sustainable practices to enhance livability, efficiency, and
resilience.

India’s Second National Communication to the United Nations

Framework Convention on Climate Change addresses climate
change through comprehensive policies and actions, reflecting
its dedication to sustainable development and global
environmental stewardship.

Biodiversity Report India 2023 highlights India's rich biodiversity

and underscores the urgent need for conservation efforts to
protect its ecosystems and species diversity in the face of
growing environmental challenges.