Urban Ecology in the Global South

1. Front Matter

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2. The Need for an Urban Ecology of the Global South

   • Charlie M. Shackleton, Sarel S. Cilliers, Marié J. du Toit, Elandrie Davoren

   Pages 1-26

3. Urbanisation in the Global South

   • Garth Myers

   Pages 27-49

4. The Effect of Landscape History on the Urban Environment: Past Landscapes, Present Patterns

   • Marié J. du Toit, Amy K. Hahs, Ian MacGregor-Fors

   Pages 51-78

5. Urban Social Ecology

   • Marion Mehring, Katharina Geitmann-Mügge, Fanny Frick-Trzebitzky, Diana Hummel

   Pages 79-105

6. Urban Green Infrastructure in the Global South

   • Stephan Pauleit, Alexis Vasquéz, Sreetheran Maruthaveeran, Li Liu, Sarel S. Cilliers

   Pages 107-143

7. Urban Plant Diversity: Understanding Informing Processes and Emerging Trends

   • Pippin M. L. Anderson, Luke J. Potgieter, Lena Chan, Sarel S. Cilliers, Harini Nagendra

   Pages 145-168

8. Urban Animal Diversity in the Global South

   • Chevonne Reynolds, Marcus J. Byrne, Dan E. Chamberlain, Caroline G. Howes, Colleen L. Seymour, Petra Sumasgutner et al.

   Pages 169-202

9. Ecosystem Provisioning Services in Global South Cities

   • Charlie M. Shackleton

   Pages 203-226

10. Understanding Urban Regulating Ecosystem Services in the Global South

    • Francisco J. Escobedo

    Pages 227-244

11. Cultural Urban Ecosystem Services

    • Cynnamon Dobbs, Alexis Vasquez, Pilar Olave, Magdalena Olave

    Pages 245-264

12. Urban Ecosystem Disservices in the Global South

    • Elandrie Davoren, Charlie M. Shackleton

    Pages 265-292

13. Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture in the Global South

    • Axel W. Drescher, Christian Isendahl, María Caridad Cruz, Hanna Karg, Alisara Menakanit

    Pages 293-324

14. Towards Equitable Urban Resilience in the Global South Within a Context of Planning and Management

    • Nadia Sitas, Odirilwe Selomane, Maike Hamann, Sumetee Pahwa (SP) Gajjar

    Pages 325-345

15. Social-Ecological Connectivity in Global South Cities

    • Kristine Maciejewski, Paul Currie, Patrick O’Farrell

    Pages 347-364

16. Urban Ecological Planning and Design in the Global South

    • Sarel S. Cilliers, Christina A. Breed, E. Juanee Cilliers, Louis G. Lategan

    Pages 365-401

17. Urban Governance of and for Urban Green and Blue Infrastructure

    • David Simon, Julie Goodness, Shuaib Lwasa, José Antônio Puppim de Oliveira, Laura V. Macedo, Jess Kavonic et al.

    Pages 403-431

18. Advancing Urban Ecology in the Global South: Emerging Themes and Future Research Directions

    • Marié J. du Toit, Charlie M. Shackleton, Sarel S. Cilliers, Elandrie Davoren

    Pages 433-461

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 forgreater 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.

• Ecosystem Services
• Development World Contexts
• Urbanisation and Urban Challenges
• Urban Green Infrastructure
• Urban Resilience
• urban geography and urbanism
• urban politics

• Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa

  Charlie M. Shackleton, Elandrie Davoren

• Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

  Sarel S. Cilliers, Marié J. du Toit

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