Places of Nature in Ecologies of Urbanism
Anne Rademacher and K. Sivaramakrishnan
Abstract
Twenty-first century urbanization signals unprecedented challenge as well as unprecedented transformative potential. Anchoring its case studies to Asia, this volume uses an “ecologies of urbanism” analytical approach to explore the environmental dimensions of urban life in selected cities and towns. It draws together ethnographic case studies and historical research, bridging the work of anthropologists, architects, planners, religion scholars, and art historians. Read together, the cases provide a nuanced understanding of the place, form, and stakes of urban nature, as well as its attendant h ... More
Twenty-first century urbanization signals unprecedented challenge as well as unprecedented transformative potential. Anchoring its case studies to Asia, this volume uses an “ecologies of urbanism” analytical approach to explore the environmental dimensions of urban life in selected cities and towns. It draws together ethnographic case studies and historical research, bridging the work of anthropologists, architects, planners, religion scholars, and art historians. Read together, the cases provide a nuanced understanding of the place, form, and stakes of urban nature, as well as its attendant human social dynamics, in contemporary Asian cities.
Keywords:
Urbanization,
environment,
ecology,
nature,
urbanism,
cities,
Asia
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2017 |
Print ISBN-13: 9789888390595 |
| Published to Hong Kong Scholarship Online: September 2017 |
DOI:10.5790/hongkong/9789888390595.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Anne Rademacher, editor
New York University
K. Sivaramakrishnan, editor
Yale University
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