Grounding Urban Natures

Case studies from cities on five continents demonstrate the advantages of thinking comparatively about urban environments. The global discourse around urban ecology tends to homogenize and universalize, relying on such terms as “smart cities,” “eco-cities,” and “resilience,” and proposing a “science...

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description Case studies from cities on five continents demonstrate the advantages of thinking comparatively about urban environments. The global discourse around urban ecology tends to homogenize and universalize, relying on such terms as “smart cities,” “eco-cities,” and “resilience,” and proposing a “science of cities” based largely on information from the Global North. Grounding Urban Natures makes the case for the importance of place and time in understanding urban environments. Rather than imposing a unified framework on the ecology of cities, the contributors use a variety of approaches across a range of of locales and timespans to examine how urban natures are part of—and are shaped by—cities and urbanization. Grounding Urban Natures offers case studies from cities on five continents that demonstrate the advantages of thinking comparatively about urban environments. The contributors consider the diversity of urban natures, analyzing urban ecologies that range from the coastal delta of New Orleans to real estate practices of the urban poor in Lagos. They examine the effect of popular movements on the meanings of urban nature in cities including San Francisco, Delhi, and Berlin. Finally, they explore abstract urban planning models and their global mobility, examining real-world applications in such cities as Cape Town, Baltimore, and the Chinese “eco-city” Yixing. Contributors Martín Ávila, Amita Baviskar, Jia-Ching Chen, Henrik Ernstson, James Evans, Lisa M. Hoffman, Jens Lachmund, Joshua Lewis, Lindsay Sawyer, Sverker Sörlin, Anne Whiston Spirn, Lance van Sittert, Richard A. Walker
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-785652024-04-09T23:16:26Z Grounding Urban Natures Ernstson, Henrik Sörlin, Sverker environmental studies environmental history urban ecology urban studies urbanism southern urbanism postcolonial studies worlding comparative urban environmentalism urban environmental history citizen science urban political ecology more-than-human infrastructure New Orleans urban ecosystems Louisiana hybridity Lagos Nigeria megacity contestation beautification urbanization landscape language literacy water landscape architecture urban design urban planning collectives political ecology affective ecology design-driven research speculation environmentalism conservation nature green cities San Francisco China volunteers environment citizen mobilization invasive species Delhi India green areas Berlin urban gardening South Africa Cape Town Rondevlei birds sanctuary Middlemiss Langley resilience ecological governance transformation experiments eco-urbanization rural transformation spatial planning dispossession situating articulating texturizing retrosembling Cordoba Baltimore thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RP Regional and area planning::RPC Urban and municipal planning and policy Case studies from cities on five continents demonstrate the advantages of thinking comparatively about urban environments. The global discourse around urban ecology tends to homogenize and universalize, relying on such terms as “smart cities,” “eco-cities,” and “resilience,” and proposing a “science of cities” based largely on information from the Global North. Grounding Urban Natures makes the case for the importance of place and time in understanding urban environments. Rather than imposing a unified framework on the ecology of cities, the contributors use a variety of approaches across a range of of locales and timespans to examine how urban natures are part of—and are shaped by—cities and urbanization. Grounding Urban Natures offers case studies from cities on five continents that demonstrate the advantages of thinking comparatively about urban environments. The contributors consider the diversity of urban natures, analyzing urban ecologies that range from the coastal delta of New Orleans to real estate practices of the urban poor in Lagos. They examine the effect of popular movements on the meanings of urban nature in cities including San Francisco, Delhi, and Berlin. Finally, they explore abstract urban planning models and their global mobility, examining real-world applications in such cities as Cape Town, Baltimore, and the Chinese “eco-city” Yixing. Contributors Martín Ávila, Amita Baviskar, Jia-Ching Chen, Henrik Ernstson, James Evans, Lisa M. Hoffman, Jens Lachmund, Joshua Lewis, Lindsay Sawyer, Sverker Sörlin, Anne Whiston Spirn, Lance van Sittert, Richard A. Walker 2022-02-21T15:11:57Z 2022-02-21T15:11:57Z 2019 book ONIX_20220221_9780262353168_85 9780262353168 9780262039918 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/78565 eng Urban and Industrial Environments image/jpeg n/a https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11600.001.0001 The MIT Press The MIT Press 10.7551/mitpress/11600.001.0001 10.7551/mitpress/11600.001.0001 ae0cf962-f685-4933-93d1-916defa5123d 9780262353168 9780262039918 The MIT Press 440 Cambridge open access
spellingShingle environmental studies
environmental history
urban ecology
urban studies
urbanism
southern urbanism
postcolonial studies
worlding
comparative urban environmentalism
urban environmental history
citizen science
urban political ecology
more-than-human
infrastructure
New Orleans
urban ecosystems
Louisiana
hybridity
Lagos
Nigeria
megacity
contestation
beautification
urbanization
landscape
language
literacy
water
landscape architecture
urban design
urban planning
collectives
political ecology
affective ecology
design-driven research
speculation
environmentalism
conservation
nature
green cities
San Francisco
China
volunteers
environment
citizen mobilization
invasive species
Delhi
India
green areas
Berlin
urban gardening
South Africa
Cape Town
Rondevlei
birds
sanctuary
Middlemiss
Langley
resilience
ecological governance
transformation
experiments
eco-urbanization
rural transformation
spatial planning
dispossession
situating
articulating
texturizing
retrosembling
Cordoba
Baltimore
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RP Regional and area planning::RPC Urban and municipal planning and policy
Grounding Urban Natures
title Grounding Urban Natures
title_full Grounding Urban Natures
title_fullStr Grounding Urban Natures
title_full_unstemmed Grounding Urban Natures
title_short Grounding Urban Natures
title_sort grounding urban natures
topic environmental studies
environmental history
urban ecology
urban studies
urbanism
southern urbanism
postcolonial studies
worlding
comparative urban environmentalism
urban environmental history
citizen science
urban political ecology
more-than-human
infrastructure
New Orleans
urban ecosystems
Louisiana
hybridity
Lagos
Nigeria
megacity
contestation
beautification
urbanization
landscape
language
literacy
water
landscape architecture
urban design
urban planning
collectives
political ecology
affective ecology
design-driven research
speculation
environmentalism
conservation
nature
green cities
San Francisco
China
volunteers
environment
citizen mobilization
invasive species
Delhi
India
green areas
Berlin
urban gardening
South Africa
Cape Town
Rondevlei
birds
sanctuary
Middlemiss
Langley
resilience
ecological governance
transformation
experiments
eco-urbanization
rural transformation
spatial planning
dispossession
situating
articulating
texturizing
retrosembling
Cordoba
Baltimore
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RP Regional and area planning::RPC Urban and municipal planning and policy
topic_facet environmental studies
environmental history
urban ecology
urban studies
urbanism
southern urbanism
postcolonial studies
worlding
comparative urban environmentalism
urban environmental history
citizen science
urban political ecology
more-than-human
infrastructure
New Orleans
urban ecosystems
Louisiana
hybridity
Lagos
Nigeria
megacity
contestation
beautification
urbanization
landscape
language
literacy
water
landscape architecture
urban design
urban planning
collectives
political ecology
affective ecology
design-driven research
speculation
environmentalism
conservation
nature
green cities
San Francisco
China
volunteers
environment
citizen mobilization
invasive species
Delhi
India
green areas
Berlin
urban gardening
South Africa
Cape Town
Rondevlei
birds
sanctuary
Middlemiss
Langley
resilience
ecological governance
transformation
experiments
eco-urbanization
rural transformation
spatial planning
dispossession
situating
articulating
texturizing
retrosembling
Cordoba
Baltimore
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RP Regional and area planning::RPC Urban and municipal planning and policy
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