- Title
- Advancing urban ecology in the global south: emerging themes and future research directions
- Creator
- du Toit, Marie J, Shackleton, Charlie M, Cilliers, Sarel S, Davoren, Elandre
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2021
- Type
- text
- Type
- book chapter
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/433713
- Identifier
- vital:72996
- Identifier
- ISBN 978-3-030-67650-6
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67650-6_17
- Description
- The rapid growth in urban ecological research and application has been led by countries of the Global North, particularly Europe and the USA, albeit not restricted to them. However, this belies that most urban growth is currently in the Global South, with the differential set to increase in the future. Thus, there is an imbalance between where the bulk of urban ecological research and framings are developed and where the majority of urban citizens globally live, work and seek to meet their aspirations. This chapter illustrates how this book addressed the identified research gaps in the Global South. We also highlight dominant recurring themes in Global South research discourse and importantly, where future research efforts over the next decade should be focussed. Eight themes are considered, namely: inequality; informality; urban–rural links; small and medium-sized towns and cities; urban green infrastructure, biodiversity and ecosystem services; understanding and accommodating multiple worldviews of urban nature; human health and urban nature; and specific research approaches.
- Format
- 29 pages, pdf
- Publisher
- Springer
- Language
- English
- Relation
- du Toit, M.J., Shackleton, C.M., Cilliers, S.S. and Davoren, E., 2021. Advancing urban ecology in the global south: emerging themes and future research directions. Urban ecology in the Global South, pp.433-461
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