Urban ecology in the Global South / Charlie M. Shackleton, Sarel S. Cilliers, Elandrie Davoren, Marié J. du Toit, editors.
Shackleton, C. M. (Charles Michael), editor.; Cilliers, Sarel S. editor.; Davoren, Elandrie, editor.; du Toit, Marié J. editor.
2021
HT243.D44
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Title Urban ecology in the Global South / Charlie M. Shackleton, Sarel S. Cilliers, Elandrie Davoren, Marié J. du Toit, editors.
ISBN 9783030676506 (electronic bk.)
3030676501 (electronic bk.)
9783030676490 (print)
3030676498
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67650-6
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (vi, 461 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-030-67650-6 doi
Call Number HT243.D44
Dewey Decimal Classification 307.76
Summary Against the background of unprecedented rates of urbanisation in the Global South, leading to massive social, economic and environmental transformations, this book engages with the dire need to understand the ecology of such settings as the foundation for fostering sustainable and resilient human settlements in contexts that are very different to the Global North. It does so by bringing together scholars from around the world, drawing together research and case studies from across the Global South to illustrate, in an interdisciplinary and comprehensive fashion, the ecology of towns and cities in the Global South. Framed using a social-ecological systems lens, it provides the reader with an in-depth analysis and understanding of the ecological dynamics and ecosystem services and disservices within the complex and rapidly changing towns and cities of the Global South, a region with currently scarce representation in most of the urban ecology literature. As such the book makes a call for greater geographical balance in urban ecology research leading towards a more global understanding and frameworks. The book embraces the complexity of these rapid transformations for ecological and environmental management and how the ecosystems and the benefits they provide shape local ecologies, livelihood opportunities and human wellbeing, and how such knowledge can be mobilised towards improved urban design and management and thus urban sustainability.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 28, 2021).
Added Author Shackleton, C. M. (Charles Michael), editor.
Cilliers, Sarel S. editor.
Davoren, Elandrie, editor.
du Toit, Marié J. editor.
Series Cities and nature, 2520-8306
Available in Other Form Print version: 9783030676490
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Chapter 1. Introduction: Urban ecology in the Global South
Part 1: Urbanisation and urban landscapes
Chapter 2. Urbanisation in the Global South
Chapter 3. Urban landscape history
Chapter 4. Urban social ecology
Part II: Urban Green Infrastructure & Biodiversity
Chapter 5. Urban green infrastructure
Chapter 6. Plant diversity
Chapter 7. Animal diversity
Part III: Ecosystem services
Chapter 8. Urban provisioning ecosystem services
Chapter 9. Urban regulating ecosystem services
Chapter 10. Urban cultural ecosystem services
Chapter 11. Urban ecosystem disservices
Chapter 12. Urban agriculture
Part IV: Planning and management
Chapter 13. Promoting urban resilience and seeking sustainability
Chapter 14. Social and ecological connectivity
Chapter 15. Ecological planning and design
Chapter 16. Urban governance of and for urban green and blue infrastructure
Conclusion: (Re)imagining towns and cities of the future Global South.

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