2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
5/25/2021 | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | ADDRESSING DEGRADED STREAMS AND INEQUITABLE CITIES: A CALL TO INCORPORATE SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS IN THE URBAN STREAM SYNDROME CONCEPT | Virtual Platform
ADDRESSING DEGRADED STREAMS AND INEQUITABLE CITIES: A CALL TO INCORPORATE SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS IN THE URBAN STREAM SYNDROME CONCEPT
The urban stream syndrome (USS) concept describes a set of predictable effects of urbanization on streams. It is a foundational concept in urban stream ecology and a key influence on emerging approaches to urban stream restoration. We argue that the USS could be strengthened through explicit attention to socio-ecological dynamics, including the following: 1) the risks that urban stream degradation poses for human well-being; 2) the unequal distribution of these risks according to sociodemographic factors; and 3) the potential feedbacks between stream degradation and urban social processes such as disinvestment, gentrification, and urban waterway transformations. Incorporating socio-ecological dynamics would allow urban stream research to better address connections between ecological change and social equity and guide efforts towards environmental justice in stream restoration. We build our argument for a socio-ecological USS through a discussion of the historical development of urban ecology and urban stream syndrome research. We follow with a synthesis of work on the impacts of urban streams on well-being and conclude with a call for holistic urban stream research that addresses the inextricable links between social and ecological change.
- Interdisciplinary
- Socio-ecological systems
- Urban
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Mason Bradbury
(), Florida International University, mbrad045@fiu.edu;
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Brenna Kays
(), Florida International University, Bkays001@fiu.edu;
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Daniela Daniele
(), Florida International University, ddani025@fiu.edu;
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