- Title
- The need for an urban ecology of the Global South
- Creator
- Shackleton, Charlie M, Cilliers, Sarel S, du Toit, Marie J, Davoren, Elandre
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2021
- Type
- text
- Type
- book chapter
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/433744
- Identifier
- vital:72998
- Identifier
- ISBN 978-3-030-67650-6
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67650-6_1
- Description
- Urban ecology is a key discipline in guiding urban development, sustainability and consequently human wellbeing. However, most urban ecological research has, and continues to be, undertaken in the Global North, and thus urban ecological methods, principles and frameworks are dominated by contributions and understandings from the Global North. However, there are a multitude of local- and national-scale contextual differences between the Global North and the Global South that limit or question the universal application of Global North perspectives and knowledge. This chapter lays the foundation for the rest of the book in two ways. First, it explores the development and definitions of the terms ‘urban ecology’ and ‘Global South’. Second, it presents the major biophysical and socio-economic contextual characteristics of Global South towns and cities that differentiate them from those in the Global North. These contextual differences need to be accounted for in urban ecological research, theory and application towards the development of an urban ecology that is more relevant for the Global South, and when conjoined with understandings from the Global North allow for the exploration and development of truly universal urban ecology principles and frameworks.
- Format
- 25 pages, pdf
- Publisher
- Springer
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Shackleton, C.M., Cilliers, S.S., du Toit, M.J. and Davoren, E., 2021. The need for an urban ecology of the Global South (pp. 1-26). Springer International Publishing
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