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Urban Nature - Enriching Belonging, Wellbeing and Bioculture (Paperback)
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Urban Nature - Enriching Belonging, Wellbeing and Bioculture (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Urban Ecology
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This book showcases the diversity of ways in which urban residents
from varying cultural contexts view, interact, engage with and give
meaning to urban nature, aiming to counterbalance the dominance of
Western depictions and values of urban nature and design. Urban
nature has up to now largely been defined, planned and managed in a
way that is heavily dominated by Western understandings, values and
appreciations, which has spread through colonialism and
globalisation. As cities increasingly represent a diversity of
cultures, and urban nature is being increasingly recognised as
contributing to residents' wellbeing, belonging and overall quality
of life, it is important to consider the numerous ways in which
urban nature is understood and appreciated. This collection of case
studies includes examples from Africa, Asia, Europe, North and
South America, and reflects on the multi-dimensional aspects of
engagements with urban nature through a biocultural diversity lens.
The chapters cover several themes such as how engagements with
nature contribute to a sense of wellbeing and belonging; the
implications that diversity has on the provision, design and
management of urban environments; and the threats inhibiting
residents' abilities to engage meaningfully with nature. The book
challenges the dominant discourse, Western ideological
understandings and meta-narratives of modernisation and unilineal
urban transitions. A timely addition to the literature, Urban
Nature: Enriching Belonging, Wellbeing and Bioculture offers an
alternative to Western ideological understandings of nature and
values and will be of great interest to those working in human and
environmental urban ecology. It will also be key reading for
students in the relevant fields of anthropology, development
studies, geography, social ecology and urban studies.
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