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Social-ecological science in the humane metropolis

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The Humane metropolis is a rubric to summarize and promote environmental and social quality in contemporary urban mosaics. Because cities, suburbs, and exurbs, as spatially extensive and connected socio-ecological systems, exhibit many negative features, the humane metropolis identifies a strategy to combat the ills and instill more positive and sustainable features and processes in urban systems. Because the humane metropolis as a program has arisen primarily from social motivations, there is the opportunity to articulate more explicitly the role that science can play in addressing the humane metropolis program and evaluating its success. A humane metropolis can be summarized as one that 1) protects and restores ecological services in cities and suburbs, 2) promotes physical and mental health and safety of residents, 3) enhances efficiency by conserving energy, matter, water, and time, 4) facilitates equity by being inclusive, as well as socially and environmentally just, and 5) maintains a sense of community and a sense of place. We clarify the nature of science as a contributor to the social program, pointing out the social values motivating science, and the role that scientific knowledge and metaphor play in linking science with the social program of the humane metropolis. We further identify roles that socio-ecological research can play in meeting the goals of the humane metropolis. We use examples of environmental history, watershed function and restoration, and environmental justice research and action from the Baltimore Ecosystem Study, Long-Term Ecological Research program. The humane metropolis as a social program benefits from scientific contributions that 1) expose hidden ecological processes in urban systems, 2) generate knowledge connecting people and institutions to the biophysical environment, 3) contribute to the civic dialog, and 4) bring scientific values to the prioritization and balancing of the goals of the humane metropolis.

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We thank Rutherford H. Platt for his leadership in the Humane metropolis Baltimore conference, and the Parks & People Foundation for including us in the event. We thank the Lincoln Institute for support to allow us to attend the meeting. We thank the National Science Foundation for support through its Long-Term Ecological Research Program, grant DEB 0423467 and through its Biocomplexity in Coupled Natural-Human Systems Program, grant BCS-0508054. The USDA Forest Service provided substantial in kind and staff support. We thank Bill Dennison, Carys Mitchelmore, Jeff Cornwell, and Donald Merritt, of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Studies, for sharing their insights that led to the construction of Fig. 3.

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    Steward T. A. Pickett

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    Geoffrey L. Buckley

  3. Department of Geology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20740-3823, USA

    Sujay S. Kaushal

  4. Department of Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, 21250, USA

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Pickett, S.T.A., Buckley, G.L., Kaushal, S.S. et al. Social-ecological science in the humane metropolis. Urban Ecosyst 14, 319–339 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-011-0166-7

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