Urban Ecology in the Global South

This book explores the ecology of towns and cities in the Global South, highlighting the need for a greater geographical balance in urban ecology research to foster sustainable and resilient human settlements. It provides an in-depth analysis of the ecological dynamics and ecosystem services and disservices within these rapidly changing regions, calling for improved urban design and management to promote urban sustainability.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 461 pages
Publication date: 22 April 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Against the backdrop 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 vastly 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.

Against the backdrop 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 vastly 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.

Weight: 837g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030676520
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021