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Urban ecology is an applied use of science to better understand urban and urbanizing watersheds (including their weather patterns, solar inputs, geology, soils, plants and animals) with the goal of bringing urban lifestyles, land use practices, and infrastructures into greater harmony with the environment.
Keywords
urban areas, urban habitats, urban environments, enhancement, sustainable environmental design, greening the built environment, ecology, restoring natural systems, urban water cycling, nature in cities, healthy cities, sustainability, cities, urban watersheds, infrastructure, stormwater, greenways, urban parks, street trees, urban landscape, floodplain preservation, wetland preservation, nonpoint pollution, street runoff, heat island, impervious surfaces
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