Ecological and social interactions in urban parks in central Arizona-Phoenix: site locations

Our central objective is to use small, neighborhood parks in Phoenix to study: (1) the ways in which ecological processes are influenced by human values, use, and management; and (2) the ways in which human attitudes and activities, and the services valued by humans, are influenced by ecological characteristics and processes. Elucidating this coupling in Phoenix parks will itself be a significant step towards understanding the complexities of human-nature interactions. The information gathered in addressing the central objective, though, can and should be used to assess potential trajectories for ecological processes. Our second objective is to develop trajectories for potential changes in ecosystem services in the Phoenix metropolitan area, given economic and demographic trends, and given the signal of human-nature interactions among different social groups.本研究的核心目标是依托菲尼克斯（Phoenix）市内的小型社区公园，开展两项核心探究：其一，生态过程如何受到人类价值取向、使用行为与管理举措的影响；其二，人类的态度、活动以及人类所珍视的生态服务，如何受到生态特征与生态过程的塑造。 阐明菲尼克斯社区公园中的这一人与生态双向耦合关系，本身便是理解人类与自然互动复杂性的重要进展。不过，围绕本研究核心目标所收集的相关数据，可且应当被用于评估生态过程的潜在演化轨迹。 本研究的第二项目标是，结合经济与人口发展趋势，以及不同社会群体间的人-自然互动特征信号，构建菲尼克斯都市区生态服务潜在变化的演化路径模型。