Urban Ecology in the Global South

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Provisional title

Lead author & institution

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Urban ecology in the Global South - development, definitions, why need a Global South perspective

Editors

 

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Urbanisation in the Global South

Garth Myers; Trinity College (USA)

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Urban landscape history  (legacy effects, extinction debts, past land use on current form)

Marie du Toit; Northwest University (RSA)

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Urban social ecology (incl. environmental justice and political ecology)

Marion Mehring; Inst for Social-Ecological Research (Germany)

Section 2:  Urban Green Infrastructure & Biodiversity: patterns & processes

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Urban green infrastructure (concepts scales, types, distribution, functions)

Stephan Pauleit; Technical University of Munich (Germany)

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Plant diversity (including functional diversity & invasive species)

Pippin Anderson; University of Cape Town (RSA)

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Animal diversity (including functional diversity & invasive species)

Chevonne Reynolds; University of the Witwatersrand (RSA)

Section 3: Ecosystem services

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Urban provisioning ecosystem services

Charlie Shackleton; Rhodes University (RSA)

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Urban regulating ecosystem services

Francisco Escobedo; University of Florida (USA)

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Urban cultural ecosystem services

Cynnamon Dobbs; Mayor University (Chile)

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Urban ecosystem disservices

Elandrie Davoren; Rhodes University (RSA)

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Urban agriculture (incl. livestock)

Axel Drescher; Frederick Alexander University (Germany)

Section 4: Planning and management

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Promoting urban resilience and seeking sustainability

 

Nadia Sitas; University Stellenbosch (RSA)

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Social and ecological connectivity

Kristi Maciejewski; University of Stellenbosch (RSA)

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Ecological planning and design

Sarel Cilliers; Northwest University (RSA)

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Urban governance of and for urban green and blue infrastructure (both formal and informal governance approaches, public participation)

David Simon; Royal Holloway University of London (UK)

Concluding remarks

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(Re)imagining towns and cities of the future Global South

Editors