Cary Conference 2007 to be held on May 1 - May 3, 2007 at IES: Advances in Urban Ecological Heterogeneity and Its Application to Resilient Urban Design

智力价值空间异质性是生态学中一个重要的组织概念。然而，对生态异质性的研究往往集中在小尺度、野生或无人居住的景观上。随着生态学越来越多地关注城市地区，必须更好地理解异质性的其他方面。新的空间异质性框架需要支持新的弹性城市生态系统模型，如生态系统、社会系统和建成系统的耦合。由于城市系统的空间异质性很大程度上是人为的，城市设计和生态必须更好地联系在一起。我们提议召开一次CaryConference，以探索生态和城市设计的共同框架。这将是生态系统研究所第12届两年一度的CARY会议。这些会议因其综合性、跨学科和基础性而被称为生态学发展的里程碑。2007年CARY会议将推进关于城市空间异质性的基本生态学理论和数据的综合，以及阐明生态背景下的城市设计的理论和实践。在生态学方面，进展将包括1)发展城市空间异质性的综合框架，2)更好地与社会进程和与城市系统的基础设施和设计组成部分相关的危险相结合，3)探索城市空间异质性的新模式，以及4)完善城市系统的生态模型。对于城市设计领域，进步将包括1)总结当代生态洞察，以支持弹性城市设计的新战略，以及2)在更大的背景下理解城市设计的生态功能。会议还将探讨利用环境危害分析的见解和从生态城市设计到社会科学的反馈。广泛的影响通过建立专业网络、出版跨学科书籍和建设生态城市设计网站，会议将促进城市、郊区和城市边缘更具生态动机的设计的发展。为城市设计提供最好的当代生态是至关重要的。全球和美国城市人口和土地流转的增长证实了城市化是21世纪的一个紧迫问题。本次会议将有助于将当代生态学知识融入设计实践，1)向设计理论家、教育者和实践者传播生态学的概念和原则，2)展示如何将基础生态科学应用于城市环境。此外，鼓励设计和开发的试验性方面可以鼓励更多的城市系统生态研究。

Intellectual MeritSpatial heterogeneity is an important organizing concept in ecology. However,studies of ecological heterogeneity have often focused on small scale, wild, oruninhabited landscapes. As ecology turns increasing attention to urban areas,additional aspects of heterogeneity must be better understood. New frameworksfor spatial heterogeneity are required to support new models of resilient urbanecosystems as coupled ecological, social, and built systems.Because much of the spatial heterogeneity in urban systems is anthropogenic,the urban design and ecology must be better linked. We propose a CaryConference to explore common frameworks for ecology and urban design. Thiswould be the 12th biennial Cary Conference at the Institute of EcosystemStudies. These conferences are known as milestones in the development ofecology due to their synthetic, interdisciplinary, and fundamental nature.The 2007 Cary Conference will advance the fundamental ecological theory andsynthesis of data on urban spatial heterogeneity, as well as articulate the theoryand practice of urban design in an ecological context. For ecology, advanceswould include 1) development of integrated frameworks for urban spatialheterogeneity, 2) better integration with social processes and the hazardsassociated with infrastructural and designed components of urban systems, 3)exploration of new models of urban spatial heterogeneity; and 4) refinement ofecological models of urban systems. For the fields of urban design, advanceswill include 1) summarizing contemporary ecological insights to support newstrategies for resilient urban design, and 2) understanding ecological functions ofurban designs in their larger contexts. Utilization of insights from environmentalhazard analysis and feedback from ecological urban design to social science willalso be explored.Broader ImpactsThrough the building of professional networks, the publication of a crossdisciplinarybook, and the construction of a website on ecological urban design,the Conference will promote the development of more ecologically motivateddesigns in cities, suburbs, and the urban fringe. It is crucial to make the bestcontemporary ecology available to urban design. The growth of global and USurban population and land conversion confirms that urbanization is a pressingissue for the 21st century. This Conference will help incorporate contemporaryecological knowledge into design practice by 1) communicating ecologicalconcepts and principles to design theorists, educators, and practitioners, and 2)demonstrating how basic ecological science can be applied in an urban setting.In addition, encouraging an experimental aspect to design and development canencourage more ecological research in urban systems.