Urban Ecosystems and Processes-Lab/Fields. 1 credit

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The course describes general ecosystem ecology for engineered ecosystems along with review on urban metabolisms of energy, water, soil, and foods with cultural and historical context. Especially, the course focuses on urban water and soil issues that are critical in urban ecosystem functioning involving streams, rivers, and wetlands. The course also aims to review and discuss numerous cases of urban coupled natural and human (social) processes and their relationship with design elements that can be incorporated into creating functional urban landscape (e.g., green infrastructure). The course will engage students in studying up-to-date information on green infrastructure implementation and applications through field trips. The course provides students with an introduction of systemic, interdisciplinary approach on designing and managing urban ecosystems. The course will involve field/design work on a specific theme for each semester it gets taught. Offered by Environmental Science & Policy . May not be repeated for credit.