Baltimore Ecosystem Study Institute of Ecosystem Studies
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Demographic and Socioeconomic Research Projects

 

Question 3: How can people develop and use an understanding of the metropolis as an ecological system to improve the quality of their environment, and to reduce pollution to downstream air and watersheds?


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Dynamics of Environmental Decision Making

Publications
Aley J., W. Jr. Burch, E. Conover, D. Field. (editors). 1999. Ecosystem Management -- adaptive strategies for natural resource organizations in the 21st century. 200 pp. Taylor and Francis, Washington, D.C.
 
Burch, W. Jr. 1998. The weight of time: constraints and opportunities in maintaining and restoring the biodiversity of the Chesapeake Bay region. Pages 14-20 in G. D. Therres editor. Conservation of biological diversity. A key to the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and beyond. Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Annapolis.
 
Burch, W. Jr., and J. M. Grove. 1999. Ecosystem management - some social, conceptual, scientific, and operational guidelines for practitioners. Pages 279-295 in N. C. Johnson, A. J. Malk, W. T. Sexton, and R. C. Szaro editors. Ecological stewardship: a common reference for ecosystem management. World Resources Institute and Elsevier Press, Washington, D.C.
 
Grove, J. M. 1998. Cause and consequence: the social dimensions of ecosystem restoration. Pages 27-41 in G. D. Therres editor. Conservation of biological diversity. A key to the restoration of the Chesapeake bay ecosystem and beyond. Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Annapolis.
 
McDonough, M. H., D. Callaway, L. M. Magleby, and W. Jr. Burch. 1999. Social classification in ecosystem management. Pages 227-244 in N. C. Johnson, A. J. Malk, W. T. Sexton, and R. Szary editors. Social classification in ecosystem management. Elsevier Science Ltd., Oxford.
 
Parker, J. K., V. Sturtevant, M. Shannon, J. M. Grove, and W. Jr. Burch. 1999. Partnerships for adaptive management, communication and adoption of innovation, property regimes, and community deliberations: the contributions of mid-range social science theory to forest ecosystem management. Pages 245-277 in N. C. Johnson, A. J. Malk, W. T. Sexton, and R. C. Szaro editors. Ecological stewardship: a common reference for ecosystem management. World Resources Institute and Elsevier Press, Washington, D.C.
Public Works and Public Health
History of Public Health for the City of Baltimore: 1880 - 1920
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Boone, C. G. 2003. Obstacles to infrastructure provision: the struggle to build a comprehensive sewer works in Baltimore. Historical Geography 31:151-168.
Urban Infrastructure and Human Ecological Systems: a comparative study of wastewater management in Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore Ecosystem Study) and Paris, France (Piren-Seine Zone Ateliers)
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Porter, A. M. 2003. Wetlands in the urban landscape: the process of wetland restoration in Baltimore, Maryland and Paris, France. M.A., Ohio University. 110 pp.
Forest Institutions and Management
Forest History of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study Area: 1905 - 1916
Publications
 
Buckley, G. B., and J. M. Grove. 2001. Sowing the seeds of forest conservation: Fred Besley and the Maryland story, 1906-1923. Maryland Historical Magazine 96:303-327.
Network Analysis
The Gwynns Falls Watershed: A Case Study of Public and Non-Profit Sector Behavior in Natural Resource Management
Publications
 
Dalton, S. E. 2001. The Gwynns Falls watershed: a case study of public and non-profit sector behavior in natural resource management. Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University. 152 pp.
Education, Social Ecology, and Urban Ecosystems, with Examples from Baltimore, Maryland
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Burch, W. Jr., and J. M. Carrera. 2003. Out the door and down the street -- enhancing play, community and work environments as if adulthood mattered. Pages 417-429 in A. L. Berkowitz, C. H. Nilon, and K. S. Hollweg editors. Understanding urban ecosystems: a new frontier for science and education. Springer-Verlag, New York.
 
Grove, J. M., K. Hinson, and R. J. Northrop. 2003. A social ecology approach to understanding urban ecosystems and landscapes. Pages 167-186 in A. L. Berkowitz, D. J. Nowak, and K. S. Hollweg editors. Understanding urban ecosystems: a new frontier for science and education. Springer-Verlag, New York.
 
Koenig M. Resource guide: tools to do an ecological history of Baltimore. 2003. Baltimore, Parks & People Foundation. BES/URI Internship Program, in conjunction with the Parks & People Foundation.
 
Reynolds E., Grove J.M., Boone C.G., McGuire M., Gordon J. & Berkowitz A.L. Tools for studying agricultural land use change. 2004. Millbrook, New York, Institute of Ecosystem Studies. BES - Investigating urban ecosystems program.
 

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