Cities and the Environment (CATE)
Cities and the Environment publishes peer-reviewed scholarship on the research, education, and practice related to the broad field of urban ecology.
We encourage submissions of well-written, relevant articles across many article types. We also have the ability to publish less traditional scholarly works including multi-media products such as simulations, video streams, audio productions, and other visualization tools.
This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the users or their institutions. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.
We held the inaugural Cities and the Environment Symposium on November 20, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA, USA! Read the recap here, and check back in 2026 for a symposium proceedings Call for Papers.
Current Issue: Volume 18, Issue 3 (2025)
Practitioner Notes
The Ascot App – A Plant Tracking Smartphone Tool for Field-based Community Science
Demian A. Willette, Aaron W. Floreani, Stephanie A. Flores, Milla P. Markovic, Coby T. Sanders, Evan Yu, and John David N. Dionisio
Articles
Spatial and Temporal Variations in Canopy Cover and Ecosystem Services in Neighborhoods of the City of Orlando
Digna M. Rivera-Reyes, Elvia J. Melendez-Ackerman, and Luis E. Velazquez-Roman
Why Do People Use Rat Poison to Manage Rats? A Mixed Methods Study in A Large American City
Maureen H. Murray, Danielle German, Jacqueline Y. Buckley, Seth B. Magle, and Kaylee A. Byers
Using Ecorevelatory Design and Landscape Biography to Promote Ecological Literacy in Menomonee Valley, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Jennifer Engelke
Research Note
Trematodes Detected in an Exotic Population of Red Swamp Crayfish from an Urban Storm Drain in Los Angeles
Jason M. Post, Emily S. Bailey, and Rachael J. Post