Response to Young and Wolf: goal attainment in urban ecology research |
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Authors: | Sarah Dooling Jessica Graybill Adrienne Greve |
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Institution: | (1) Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, Box 355740, Gould Hall, Seattle, WA 98195-5740, USA;(2) Geography Department, Colgate University, 15 Peterson Hall, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346, USA;(3) City and Regional Planning, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, USA |
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Abstract: | Our critique focuses on the poorly defined key concepts, methodological inconsistencies, circular research design, and over-reaching
substantive claims made by Young and Wolf. We suggest that Young and Wolf have provided an assessment of the Urban Ecosystems
journal, not of urban ecology as a field. We conclude by identifying questions to guide a bibliometric analysis that focuses
on a collaborative and interdisciplinary future of urban ecology (how are participating disciplines contributing to urban
ecological research and scholarship; what theories and conceptual frameworks are being used, and how are these theories being
tested and modified; and what mixed methodologies are being developed to collect data to address complex urban issues that
are inherently interdisciplinary). We take seriously Young and Wolf’s call for a “fundamental discussion as to if and how
the intentions of the field have been or need to be updated” and argue that such a discussion requires a more inclusive, rigorous,
and meaningful identification of the “core” of urban ecology literature than provided. |
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Keywords: | Urban ecology Interdisciplinary Transdisciplinary Reflexive assessment |
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