TY - GEN N2 - Faced with the growing demand for nature in cities, informal greenspaces are gaining the interest of various stakeholders - residents, associations, public authorities - as well as scientists. This book provides a cross-sectorial overview of the advantages and disadvantages of urban wastelands in meeting this social demand of urban nature, spanning from the social sciences and urban planning to ecology and soil sciences. It shows the potential of urban wastelands with respect to city dwellers' well-being, environmental education, urban biodiversity and urban green networks as well as concerns regarding urban wastelands' in relation to conflicts, and urban marketing. The authors provide a global insight through case studies in nine countries, mainly located in Europe, Asia and America, thus offering a broad perspective. DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-74882-1 DO - doi AB - Faced with the growing demand for nature in cities, informal greenspaces are gaining the interest of various stakeholders - residents, associations, public authorities - as well as scientists. This book provides a cross-sectorial overview of the advantages and disadvantages of urban wastelands in meeting this social demand of urban nature, spanning from the social sciences and urban planning to ecology and soil sciences. It shows the potential of urban wastelands with respect to city dwellers' well-being, environmental education, urban biodiversity and urban green networks as well as concerns regarding urban wastelands' in relation to conflicts, and urban marketing. The authors provide a global insight through case studies in nine countries, mainly located in Europe, Asia and America, thus offering a broad perspective. T1 - Urban wastelands:a form of urban nature? / DA - 2021. CY - Cham, Switzerland : AU - Di Pietro, Francesca, AU - Robert, Amélie, CN - HT166 PB - Springer, PP - Cham, Switzerland : PY - 2021. ID - 1440427 KW - City planning. KW - Urban parks. KW - Urban ecology (Biology) KW - Parcs urbains. KW - Écologie urbaine. SN - 9783030748821 SN - 3030748820 TI - Urban wastelands:a form of urban nature? / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-74882-1 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-74882-1 ER -