Weather extremes, such as heatwaves and torrential rainfalls, are becoming more frequent and more intense across the United States under climate change. In late September of this year, flash-flooding ...

Fractal analysis has emerged as a vital tool in understanding the inherent complexity and spatial dynamics of urban patterns and networks. By focusing on the properties of self-similarity and scale ...

A University of Wyoming researcher was part of a recent study that investigated how changes in urban land and population will affect future populations’ exposure to weather extremes at the end of the ...

Peshmerga soldiers engage in a simulated raid on a mock town—complete with eclectic facades—in Erbil, Iraq. (Cpl. Nelson Rodriguez/Public Domain) In the latter half of the 20th century, as ...

Introduction -- The history of urban ecology : an ecologists's perspective -- Ecology in cities : man-made physical conditions -- Ecology in cities : patterns of urban biodiversity -- Ecology in ...