Diane Pataki
Scottsdale
Diane E. Pataki is an ecologist who studies the role of nature in urban environments, and the relationships among plants, people, the physical environment, and other species. She lives in the southwestern USA where she works on durable conservation solutions for sustainable cities, connected landscapes, and futures in which people and nature can thrive together. She serves as the Chief Scientist and Vice President for Science of the National Wildlife Federation, and is a Foundation Professor at Arizona State University.
More by this author at The Nature of Cities
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We Need an Ethical Code for Water
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Covid has upended all the normal routines in our lives and work. How do you imagine you might be changed by it, both professionally, but also personally as you negotiate a new post-virus “normal”?
Africa, Awareness, Biodiversity, Climate change, Communities, Conservation, Covid-19, Culture, Disasters/Red zone, Economics, Ecosystem services, Europe, Experiencing Nature, Green Infrastructure, Health, Justice, Livability, North America, Parks, Participation/Democracy, Planning, Pollution, Resilience, South America, Sustainability, Wildlife People Interactions -
What I mean when I talk about collaboration. What is a specific experience collaborating on a project with someone from a different discipline or “way of knowing”?
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An urban planner and an urban ecologist walk into a bar. They chat about how (and maybe whether) “ecology” could play a bigger role in planning…
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Socioecological Science is Failing Cities. The Humanities Can Help
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Imagine an “ecological certification” for urban design. What are such a certification’s key elements?
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Is Green the New Flying Car? A Visit to the World’s Fairs of 1964 and 2064
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You say po-TAY-to. What ecologists and landscape architects don’t get about each other, but ought to.
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Wouldn’t it be Better if Ecologists and Planners Talked to Each Other More?
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10 scientists and 10 practitioners walk into a bar…what would they talk about? How can research and knowledge generation be co-created to better support practitioners and evidence-based decision making?
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Is There Room for Ornamentals in the Gardens of “New” California?