Abstract In the United States, interest in urban farms and community gardens is flourishing, yet home food garden (UHFG) its contributions to systems have been overlooked understudied. To begin address this gap, we are conducting a mixed methods study of African American, Chinese-origin Mexican-origin households with Chicago, IL. Study include in-depth interviews, participant observation, ethnobotanical surveys analysis chemical physical properties soils. As writing, findings indicate that...

Abstract With increasing urbanization and environmental degradation, urban landscapes are increasingly expected to provide a wide range of ecosystem services typically associated with rural areas, including biodiversity conservation food production. Because residential constitute the largest single land use, domestic gardens have emerged as topic research interest planning concern. The (or disservices) these provide, however, not been rigorously measured, nor tradeoffs between they assessed....

Thirty-six of the 70 species bats known from Belize were recorded area around Lamanai, Orange Walk County: two in roosts and 34 about 680 mist net hours that produced 560 captures. Day used by 35 located using radio-tracking ( Sturnira lilium, Platyrrhinus helleri, Centurio senex Bauerus dubiaquercus ) or general searching for Rhynchonycteris naso, Saccopteryx bilineata, leptura, Dicli durus albus, Mimon bennettii, Micronycteris schmidtorum, Carollia brevicauda, perspicillata Eptesicus...

This paper traces the development of professional doctorates within UK higher education and highlights some issues relating to quality standards that have emerged. It is based on a review literature in field, which limited at present; interviews with number programme directors examiners; personal experience author as director two doctorate programmes. should also be noted has supervised over twenty PhD students therefore experienced both programmes The not an extensive research project, but...

Abstract Urban landscapes combining trees and crops—urban agroforestry (UAF) systems—may offer greater ecological cultural benefits than annual cropping systems. Interest in UAF is growing, as evidenced by an increasing number of built projects articles the popular press academic literature on subject. However, practice appears to far outpace research its scientific underpinnings or design. Developing sustainable, resilient sites can be challenging because biophysical sociocultural...

Urban agriculture could play a central role in local and regional food sovereignty developed countries, but many cities, lack of space competition with other land uses limit production. Options for meaningfully advancing goals include sustainable intensification existing urban farms gardens; 2) expansion production into interstitial underutilized spaces undevelopable purposes; 3) protected environments. Observational studies suggest that--like smallholder the Global South--urban home,...

This paper looks at recent trends in UK postgraduate education and aims to identify key issues be addressed over the next five years. Based on detailed statistical analysis, shows following: ” Increasing student numbers both research taught courses, but especially latter. Taught courses: expansion Business Administrative Studies Computer Science, and, among part-time students, Subjects allied Medicine. Research: increasing diversity with Physical Sciences Engineering declining relative...

Between 9 and 22 January 1999, radio-tracking revealed that nine Sturnira lilium (seven females, one lactating, two males) used hollow trees (N = 5), vine tangles 2), or the bases of palm fronds 1) as day roosts near Lamanai in Belize over 43 roost days. The bats roosted hollows four tree species, entrances ranged from 2.0 to 7.9 m above ground. Radio-tagged individuals returned same after day, with exception a subadult female at least three course study. In their roosts, S. were...

Abstract Urban food production is conducted in highly heterogeneous environments that have undergone considerable manipulation by building, demolition, and/or industrial pollution. This study evaluated soil quality characteristics urban sites currently used for vegetable across an to peri‐urban gradient Chicago, IL, USA. Twenty‐one were classified based on the scale of management as private home gardens, community institutional farms, and farms. We quantified indicators fertility, nematode...

Entomological radars employing the ‘ZLC’ (zenith-pointing linear-polarized narrow-angle conical scan) configuration detect individual insects flying overhead and can retrieve information about a target’s trajectory (its direction speed), insect’s body alignment four parameters that characterize target itself: its radar cross section, two shape wingbeat frequency. Criteria have previously been developed to distinguish Australian Plague Locusts Chortoicetes terminifera, large moths, medium...

Multifunctional urban green infrastructure (UGI) can regulate stormwater, mitigate heat islands, conserve biodiversity and biocultural diversity, produce food, among other functions. Equitable governance of UGI requires new tools for sharing pertinent information. Our goal was to develop a public-access geographic information system (GIS) that be used comprehensive planning in Washington, DC (the District) create an e-tool the form Tableau dashboards. The dashboards allow stakeholders...

This paper examines participation and representation in ATSIC elections over the 10 year period since 1990. It attempts to identify patterns of that seem be emerging what these might suggest about ATSIC's operation. By examining numbers nominees compared positions available, suggests elected office has been fairly keenly consistently sought competed for by Indigenous people, though there may have some slight initial reticence 1990 elections. voter turnout, nation-wide rose slightly from 1996...

ABSTRACT Between 9 and 22 January 1999, radio‐tracking revealed that nine Sturnira lilium (seven females, one lactating, two males) used hollow trees (N = 5), vine tangles (TV 2), or the bases of palm fronds 1) as day roosts near Lamanai in Belize over 43 roost days. The bats roosted hollows four tree species, entrances ranged from 2.0 to 7.9 m above ground. Radio–tagged individuals returned same after day, with exception a subadult female at least three course study. In their roosts, S....

Community orchards could play a valuable role as nature-based solutions to complex challenges we face today. In these unique plantings, variety of nut- and fruit-producing trees berry shrubs are often established together on public spaces provide the community with healthy, fresh food. Interest in plantings has been increasing United States, even more so since COVID-19 pandemic highlighted vulnerabilities our food systems. However, roots can be traced back Indigenous foodways which have...

Abstract Evidence has been slowly accumulating that the urban home gardens of immigrants or transnational migrants in USA conserve food plant diversity with roots developing world. Published species lists for indicate that, at least level, this is not novel but consists widely grown, culturally important are also available through horticultural trade. In 2018, we returned to garden a Mexican-origin household Chicago and confirmed identity provisionally identified as Jaltomata darcyana during...

Each year, massive numbers of insects fly across the continents at heights hundreds meters, carried by wind, bringing both environmental benefits and serious economic social costs. To investigate insects' flight behavior their response to winds, entomological radar has proved be a particularly valuable tool; however, its observations insect orientation are ambiguous with regard head/tail direction, this greatly hinders interpretation migrants' behavior.We have developed two related methods...

Abstract Organizational and management errors failures represent a very significant causal influence in industrial accidents. A method, organizational failure analysis (OFA) is described for in-depth identification of deficiencies that can lead to The method was developed on the basis an extensive data collection from safety audits, accident incident investigations, emergency training exercises led by author over period 26 years. From these data, number models performance behavior are...