Ecological urbanism of Yoruba cities in Nigeria : an ecosystem services approach / Joseph Adeniran Adedeji ; foreword by Roman J.M. Lenz.
2023
HT243.N6
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Title
Ecological urbanism of Yoruba cities in Nigeria : an ecosystem services approach / Joseph Adeniran Adedeji ; foreword by Roman J.M. Lenz.
ISBN
9783031346880 (electronic bk.)
3031346882 (electronic bk.)
9783031346873
3031346874
3031346882 (electronic bk.)
9783031346873
3031346874
Published
Cham : Springer, [2023]
Copyright
©2023
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xx, 193 pages).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-34688-0 doi
Call Number
HT243.N6
Dewey Decimal Classification
307.7609669
Summary
This book offers in-depth ethnographic analyses of key informants’ interviews on the ecological urbanism and ecosystem services (ES) of selected green infrastructure (GI) in Yoruba cities of Ile-Ife, Ibadan, Osogbo, Lagos, Abeokuta, Akure, Ondo, among others in Southwest Nigeria. It examines the Indigenous Knowledge System (IKS) demonstrated for wellbeing through home gardens by this largest ethno-linguistic group in Nigeria. This is in addition to the ES of Osun Grove UNESCO World Heritage Site, Osogbo; Biological Garden and Park, Akure; Lekki Conservation Centre, Lagos; Adekunle Fajuyi Park, Ado-Ekiti; Muri Okunola Park, Lagos; and some institutional GI including University of Ibadan Botanical Gardens, Ibadan; Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta Botanical Garden, Abeokuta; and University of Lagos Lagoon Front Resort, Lagos, Nigeria. The study draws on theoretical praxis of Western biophilic ideologies, spirit ontologies of the Global South, and largely, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005) to examine eco-cultural green spaces, home gardens, and English-types of parks and gardens as archetypes of GI in Yoruba traditional urbanism, colonial and post-colonial city planning. The book provides methods of achieving a form of modernized traditionalism as means of translating the IKS into design strategies for eco-cultural cities. The strategies are framework, model, and ethnographic design algorithms that are syntheses of the lived experiences of the key informants.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 27, 2023).
Series
Cities and nature. 2520-8314
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction: Ecosystem Services of Green Infrastructure – Towards a Theoretical Praxis
Chapter 2. Ecological Urbanism in Yoruba Cities – An Ecosystem Services Survey
Chapter 3. Ecosystem Services of Yoruba Home Greens – Indigenous Knowledge System for Wellbeing
Chapter 4. Between Profanity and Sacredness – Global North and South Divide
Chapter 5. Conclusion: Evidence-based Design of Eco-cultural Cities.
Chapter 2. Ecological Urbanism in Yoruba Cities – An Ecosystem Services Survey
Chapter 3. Ecosystem Services of Yoruba Home Greens – Indigenous Knowledge System for Wellbeing
Chapter 4. Between Profanity and Sacredness – Global North and South Divide
Chapter 5. Conclusion: Evidence-based Design of Eco-cultural Cities.