Urbanization represents a significant shift in landscape, habitat composition , and human-built structures, with profound ...

Wired: Sarah Diamond, the George B. Mayer Chair in Urban and Environmental Studies, explained how understanding the effects of urbanization on surrounding wildlife could help in conservation.

Bird species that do well in urban areas are more colorful and less brown. Urbanization has a huge impact on the ecosystem and poses enormous challenges to animals and plants. The ongoing, worldwide ...

Counterurbanization, a term new to me, is the phenomenon of Americans increasingly moving from large cities to rural areas. This reverses a trend that began with the Industrial Revolution and ...