{"365111":{"#nid":"365111","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Humans Are Becoming City-Dwelling \u0022Metro Sapiens,\u0022 says Jason Vargo (PhD \u002712)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMore than\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/science-nature\/make-cities-explode-size-these-interactive-maps-180952832\/\u0022\u003Ehalf the world\u0027s population\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;can be found in urban areas. \u0022Cities are very much the dominant habitat of our species,\u0022 writes Jason Vargo, SCaRP PhD alumnus, in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s13412-014-0195-7\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EJournal of Environmental Studies and Sciences\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;Vargo, a public health scientist and urban planner at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nelson.wisc.edu\/\u0022\u003ENelson Institute for Environmental Studies\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ghi.wisc.edu\/\u0022\u003EGlobal Health Institute\u003C\/a\u003E, argues that humans, at least in current population numbers, can no longer survive in solely rural lifestyles. To live sustainably, people need to embrace their inner urbanites\u2014and recognize our species not as\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EHomo sapiens\u003C\/em\u003E, but \u0022Metro sapiens\u0022.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2015-01-16 13:34:25","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:27:26","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Yijin Bao","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/science-nature\/humans-are-becoming-city-dwelling-metro-sapiens-180953449\/?no-ist","dateline":{"date":"2014-11-24T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-11-24T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"78091","name":"jason vargo"},{"id":"114751","name":"metro sapien"},{"id":"114761","name":"phd alumnus"},{"id":"168873","name":"Smithsonian"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}