Civic ecology : adaptation and transformation from the ground up /
By: Krasny, Marianne E
Title By: Tidball, Keith G
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BookSeries: Urban and industrial environments.Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2015.Description: xxv, 293 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780262527170Subject(s): Urban ecology (Sociology) | Human ecology | Community development | Environmental protection -- Citizen participationDDC classification: 307.76 Online resources: Location Map | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 307.76 KR CI (Browse shelf) | Available | T0051759 |
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| 307.76 IN TE The intercultural city : | 307.76 JA UR Urban sustainability in theory and practice : | 307.76 KO HU The human city : | 307.76 KR CI Civic ecology : | 307.76 MC CO Conservation for cities : | 307.76 MC ME The media city : | 307.76 PO RT Port cities : |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-275) and index.
The principled chapter -- Part 1. Emergence: Why do civic ecology practices happen? -- Broken places -- Love of life, love of place -- The First Interlude -- Part 2. Bricolage: Piecing the practice together -- Creating community, creating connections -- Oyster spat and live oaks: memories -- Ecosystem services: what's nature--including humans--got to offer? -- Stewardship, health, well-being -- Learning like bees -- The Second Interlude -- Part 3. Zooming out: a systems perspective -- Governance -- Resistance, remembrance, revolt--and resilience -- The Third Interlude -- Part 4. Policy entrepreneurs: understanding and enabling -- Policy frameworks: scaling civic ecology practices up and out.
Offer stories of ... emerging grassroots environmental stewardship, along with an interdisciplinary framework for understanding and studying it as a growing international phenomenon.