Natura urbana : ecological constellations in urban space / Matthew Gandy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gandy, Matthew, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmentalism.

Human ecology.

Urban ecology (Sociology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 416 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]

Summary:

"In Natura Urbana, Matthew Gandy explores the articulation of alternative, and in some cases, counterhegemonic sources of knowledge about urban nature produced by artists, writers, scientists, and other primarily curiosity-driven encounters, including voices seldom heard in environmental discourse"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1 Zoöpolis redux

1.1 Decentering the urban subject

1.2 Edgelands

1.3 Animal topographies

1.4 Synanthropic ecologies

1.5 Evolutionary pathways

1.6 Immunological paradigms

1.7 Itineraries

2 Marginalia

2.1 City of weeds

2.2 Flux, mimicry, and nondesign

2.3 The search for an ecological aesthetic

2.4 Spaces of ambivalence

2.5 Reconfigurations

3 Ecologies of difference

3.1 Ideological contortions

3.2 Aliens and others

3.3 Queering the transect

3.4 Black ecologies

4 Forensic ecologies

4.1 Forensic urbanism

4.2 Indices and instruments

4.3 The urban field

4.4 Ground truths

4.5 Ecological voids

5 Temporalities

5.1 Cities in deep time

5.2 Capital, ecology, and urban space

5.3 Urban refugia

5.4 Laboratories of the future

5.5 Analog ecologies

Epilogue

Notes

Filmography

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 8, 2022)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Gandy, Matthew. Natura urbana.

ISBN:

0-262-36747-5

0-262-36746-7

OCLC:

1298394555