打造公正的生态:25年的城市长期生态研究合作25年
Morgan Grove1, Steward Pickett2, Christopher G Boone3
1USDA Forest Service, 5523 Research Park Drive, Suite 350, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA. morgan.grove@usda.gov.
Ambio
|April 20, 2024
概括
环境正义和城市生态研究,特别是在巴尔的摩生态系统研究 (BES) 中,揭示了系统歧视如何产生不公正的环境结果. 持续的社区参与对于全球有效的环境问题解决至关重要.
科学领域:
- 城市生态城市生态学
- 环境正义 环境正义
- 环境科学 环境科学
背景情况:
- 美国长期生态研究 (LTER) 计划和巴尔的摩生态系统研究 (BES) 为研究环境正义和城市生态的交集提供了25年的背景.
- 环境正义在20世纪80年代成为一个重要的社会和学术运动,在随后的几十年中影响了生态研究实践.
研究的目的:
- 在美国LTER计划和BES中调查环境正义和城市生态学之间的相互影响.
- 为了说明日益增长的环境正义意识如何影响生态研究,使用BES作为案例研究.
- 通过简短的国际案例来突出城市生态中环境正义的全球相关性.
主要方法:
- 25年来巴尔的摩生态系统研究 (BES) 中研究趋势和项目成果的分析.
- 在环境正义和城市生态学交集的文献综述.
- 介绍了来自加勒比海,非洲和亚洲的四个国际案例研究.
主要成果:
- 巴尔的摩生态系统研究表明,生态研究如何随着对环境正义的理解增加而发展.
- 有证据表明,不公正的环境结果是通过随着时间的推移而持续存在的系统歧视和排斥.
- 国际案例研究强调了社区参与解决环境问题的必要性.
结论:
- 环境正义原则的整合重新塑造了城市生态研究.
- 生态研究必须承认并解决推动环境不公正的社会环境因素.
- 合作,社区参与的方法对于全球公平有效的环境问题解决至关重要.
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