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

空间异质性是生态学中一个重要的组织概念。然而，生态异质性的研究往往集中在小规模，野生，或无人居住的景观。随着生态学越来越关注城市地区，必须更好地理解异质性的其他方面。空间异质性的新框架需要支持弹性城市生态系统的新模型，因为城市系统中的空间异质性大部分是人为的，城市设计和生态必须更好地联系起来。我们提议召开CaryConference，探讨生态学和城市设计的共同框架。这将是第12届两年一度的卡里会议在生态系统研究所举行。2007年的卡里会议将推进生态学的基本理论和城市空间异质性数据的综合，并阐明生态背景下城市设计的理论和实践。生态学方面的进展包括：（1）城市空间异质性综合框架的发展;（2）与社会过程和与城市系统的基础设施和设计组成部分相关的危害更好地结合;（3）探索城市空间异质性的新模型;（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）总结当代生态见解，以支持弹性城市设计的新策略，以及2）理解城市设计在更大背景下的生态功能。更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、郊区和城市边缘地区更多生态设计的发展。在城市设计中，最好的当代生态是至关重要的。全球和美国城市人口的增长和城市用地的变化证实了城市化是21世纪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，方法是：1）向设计理论家、教育家和实践者传达生态学概念和原则; 2）展示基础生态学如何应用于城市环境。此外，鼓励设计和开发的实验性方面可以鼓励更多的城市系统生态学研究。

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.