Urban Ecosystems and Processes. 4 credits

Catalog description

Provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities that urban environments present to the plants and animals inhabiting cities and the ways that those organisms and entire ecosystems respond. Includes ecosystem ecology for engineered ecosystems, along with reviews of urban metabolism, energy budgets, water cycles, and soil ecology. Students design and conduct a small-scale green infrastructure experiment/project on campus. Offered by Environmental Science & Policy . Limited to three attempts. Equivalent to BIOL 442 .