A
Micro Project
On
URBAN ECOLOGY
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of
Diploma of Engineering
in
Computer Engineering
By
31:- Veeresh Lingayat
36:- Prasann Khamkar
71:- Anil Thapa
under the guidance of
Mrs.Akshata Raut
Department of Computer Engineering
December 2021
CERTIFICATE
VIVA COLLEGE OF DIPLOMA ENGINEERING &
TECHNOLOGY
VIRAR (W)
2020-21
This is to certify that the micro project entitled effects of climatic change has been
submitted under the guidance of mrs.akshata raut in partial fulfillment of the
requirement for the award of Diploma of Engineering in Computer Engineering
from Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education.
“URBAN ECOLOGY”
GROUP MEMBERS
31:- Veeresh Lingayat
36:- Prasann Khamkar
71:- Anil Thapa
Project Guide H.O.D
Mrs. Akshata raut Mr. Nikhil Asolkar
INDEX
Sr. No. Name of the topic Page no.
PART –A PLAN
1 Brief Introduction
2 Aim of the Micro-Project
3 Action Plan
4 Resources Required
PART –B OUTCOMES
1 Brief Description
2 Aim of Micro-Project
3 Course Outcomes Integrated
4 Actual Procedure Followed
5 Actual Resources Used
6 Outputs of the Micro-Projects
7 Skill Developed/ learning out of this Micro-Project
PART-A OUTCOME
1.0 Brief Introduction
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Urban ecology is the scientific study of the relation of living organisms with each
other and their surroundings in the context of an urban environment. The urban
environment refers to environments dominated by high-density residential and
commercial buildings, paved surfaces, and other urban-related factors that create a
unique landscape dissimilar to most previously studied environments in the field
of ecology. The goal of urban ecology is to achieve a balance between human
culture and the natural environment.
Urban ecology is a recent field of study compared to ecology as a whole. The
methods and studies of urban ecology are similar to and comprise a subset of
ecology. The study of urban ecology carries increasing importance because more
than 50% of the world's population today lives in urban areas. At the same time, it
is estimated that within the next forty years, two-thirds of the world's population
will be living in expanding urban centers.] The ecological processes in the urban
environment are comparable to those outside the urban context. However, the types
of urban habitats and the species that inhabit them are poorly documented. Often,
explanations for phenomena examined in the urban setting as well as predicting
changes because of urbanization are the center for scientific research
.
2.0 AIM of Micro-Project
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The Aims of the Micro-project are as follows:
1. The goal of urban ecology is to achieve a balance between human culture
and the natural environment.
3.0 Resources Required
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Sr. No Name of Specification Qty Remarks
Resource
1 Computer 500GB HDD, 1
4 Gb RAM,
AMD processor,
Windows 7 OS
PART-B OUTCOME
1.0 Brief Description
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Urban ecology is recognized as a diverse and complex concept which differs in
application between North America and Europe. The European concept has
traditionally examined the social sciences of the urban landscape, as well as the
ecosystem fluxes and processes, and the Latin concept of urban ecology examines
the biota of urban areas, the North American American concept examines the
effect of human activity on the biodiversity and fluxes of urban ecosystems. The
world's first urban ecology laboratories were founded, for temperate ecosystems, in
1999 (Urban Ecology Research Laboratory, University of Washington), and for
tropical ecosystems, in 2008 (Laboratory of Urban Ecology, Universidad Estatal a
Distancia of Costa Rica.
Humans are the driving force behind urban ecology and influence the environment
in a variety of ways - urbanization being a key example. Urbanization is tied to
social, economic and environmental processes. There are six core aspects: air
pollution, ecosystems, land use, biogeochemical cycles, water pollution, solid
waste management, and the climate. Urbanization was driven by migration into
cities and the rapid environmental implications that came with it; increased carbon
emissions, energy consumption, impaired ecology; all primarily negative. Despite
the impacts, the perception of urbanization at present is shifting from challenges to
solutions. Cities are home to an abundant amount of financially well-off,
knowledgeable and innovative initiators who are increasing the involvement of
science in urban policy processes and concepts. The intersection of the multiple
processes/integrated systems approach which can easily emerge within a city,
includes five characteristics that can emphasize this fundamental shift at a low
cost. These solutions are integrated, comprehensive, multifunctional approaches
that speak to the social, economic, and cultural contexts of cities. They take into
account the chemical, biophysical, and ecological aspects that define urban
systems, including lifestyle choices that are interlinked with the culture of a city.
However, despite adapting the opportunities that a city can Ecology has
historically focused on "pristine" natural environments, but by the 1970s many
ecologists began to turn their interest towards ecological interactions taking place
in, and caused by urban environments.
Jean-Marie Pelt's 1977 book The Re-Naturalized Human, Brian Davis' 1978
publication Urbanization and the diversity of insects, and Sukopp et al.'s 1979
article "The soil, flora and vegetation of Berlin's wastelands are some of the first
publications to recognize the importance of urban ecology as a separate and
distinct form of ecology the same way one might see landscape ecology as
different from population Forman and Godron's 1986 book Landscape
Ecology first distinguished urban settings and landscapes from other landscapes by
dividing all landscapes into five broad types. These types were divided by the
intensity of human influence ranging from pristine urban centers
participate in, the results of the concepts that researchers have developed remains
uncertain.
2.0 AIM of Micro-Project
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The Aims of the Micro-project are as follows:
1. The goal of urban ecology is to achieve a balance between human culture
and the natural environment.
3.0 Course Outcomes (CO)
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To get a basic knowledge about the study of Urban ecology that promotes
resilient and sustainable urban spaces where humans and nature coexist.
4.0 Actual Procedure Followed
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5.0 Resources Used
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Sr. No Name of Specification Qty Remarks
Resource
1 Computer 500GB HDD, 1
4 Gb RAM,
AMD processor,
Windows 7 OS
6.0 Outputs of Micro-Projects
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7.0 Skill Developed
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Thus we studied the importance of urban ecology
