Grounding Urban Natures Histories and Futures of Urban Ecologies

• Other Authors: Ernstson, Henrik (Editor), Sörlin, Sverker (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2019
• Series: Urban and Industrial Environments
• Subjects: Urban & municipal planning; 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
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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,&...