Urban ecology is an integrated field of several sciences form different areas and from planning with the goal of an improvement of human conditions and long-term, environmentally-sustainable urban development.

Ref.: Breuste, J. (2002): 7.10 Urban Ecology. In: Bastian, O. & Steinhardt, U. [Eds.] (2002): Development and Perspectives of Landscape Ecology. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London: 405-414.