Niki Frantzeskaki, Daniel L Childers, Steward Pickett, Fushcia-Ann Hoover, Pippin Anderson, Aliyu Barau, Joshua Ginsberg, Morgan Grove, Marleen Lodder, Ariel E Lugo, Timon McPhearson, Tischa A Muñoz-Erickson, Mien Quartier, Selina Schepers, Ayyoob Sharifi, Katrien van de Sijpe
This paper builds on the expansion of urban ecology from a biologically based discipline-ecology in the city-to an increasingly interdisciplinary field-ecology of the city-to a transdisciplinary, knowledge to action endeavor-an ecology for and with the city. We build on this "prepositional journey" by proposing a transformative shift in urban ecology, and we present a framework for how the field may continue this shift. We conceptualize that urban ecology is in a state of flux, and that this shift is needed to transform urban ecology into a more engaged and action based field, and one that includes a diversity of actors willing to participate in the future of their cities...
April 20, 2024: Ambio