Urban Ecology in the Global South
Editors: Shackleton, C.M., Cilliers, S.S., Davoren, E., du Toit, M.J. (Eds.)
- Introduction to and examination of urban ecology pertaining to the unique contexts of the Global South
- Interdisciplinary approaches and perspectives
- A comprehensive coverage of both theory and application
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- About this book
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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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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Urban Ecology in the Global South
- Editors
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- Charlie M. Shackleton
- Sarel S. Cilliers
- Elandrie Davoren
- Marié J. du Toit
- Series Title
- Cities and Nature
- Copyright
- 2021
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-67650-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-67650-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-67649-0
- Series ISSN
- 2520-8306
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VII, 547
- Number of Illustrations
- 19 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
- Topics
