[PCA] WEB: Survey on ecology & ecological function of city green infrastructure

[Olivia Kwong]

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New Online Global Survey and YouTube Movie Seeks to Discover How to 
Increase the Value and Implementation of Ecological Function of 
Infrastructure in the Urban Landscape 10 question survey link below
Now that we are an urban species, we are ever more compelled to create and 
regenerate urban ecological function to maintain global sustainability, 
human health and our relationship to the natural world. But is ecological 
function really being prioritized and implemented in our cities? Are 
methods and technologies like green roofs, living walls, water sensitive 
designs and natural green space being as widely used as they could be? If 
not, what's holding it up?

A short, 3 minute You Tube video (with link to the survey which you can 
take at any time) gives a brief introduction to urban ecology and presents 
a case for collaborative ecological urban design towards an optimistic 
future for our cities and planet. In order to gauge how opinions vary by 
culture and discipline, participants are invited to participate in a short 
10 question, global online survey which seeks to answer how can we do 
better as professionals? Analysis of the survey data will be available 
later this year.

The two authors Mark Simmons, PhD, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at 
the University of Texas at Austin (http://www.utexas.edu/opa/experts/profile.php?id=634) 
and Christine Thuring (Chlorophyllocity) from the University of Sheffield 
(http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/landscape/currentresearch/phdprofiles/thuring) 
will also be available for a live discussion and chat through the upcoming 
Green Roof Virtual Summit February 18th and March 6th.

See the short video and find a link to take the survey at:
http://dirt.asla.org/2013/02/11/new-survey-asks-how-can-cities-become-ecological/