concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: urban environmental studies

urban environmental studies
type: Concept
broader: urban geography
definition: Urban environmental studies are emerging as an integrated science aiming to understand extended urban areas that include not only biological and physical features but also economic and social components. These studies improve our understanding of urban climate, hydrology, ecosystems, and environmental conditions and help us gain critical knowledge of how human and natural environments have interacted to motivate past urban environmental changes. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Urban Environmental Studies]

urban geography
type: Concept
narrower: urban environmental studies