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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Urban Nature"”.
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Psychological and neurological implications of walking in urban nature
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2023-12-01
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How Urban Nature Shapes Health: Unravelling the Spatial Complexity of Nature-Health Systems
Urban nature is recognised as a key Determinant of Health, yet existing research often relies on linear, aspatial approaches that overlook how Health Outcomes emerge from complex, interdependent processes, whose effects vary across space. This thesis adopts a spatial complexity lens and a …
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A counselling psychology approach to reconnecting with urban nature for personal and societal wellbeing
… of the world’s population will be living in an urban environment. Numerous studies are also highlighting the increasing levels of mental distress for those living in contemporary urban, as opposed to rural, environments. Professionals and academics are arguing that this is partly due to our …
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Wastelands of difference? Urban nature and more-than-human difference in Berlin and Gothenburg
… more-than-human entanglements of contemporary urban environments in order to develop a rearticulation of urban landscapes as spaces decidedly beyond the exclusively human. Taking its cue from the question “How do we live with urban difference today?,” such spaces, the thesis argues, emerge …
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Identitiy and Belonging: Urban Nature and adolescent development in the City of Cape Town
… to two concerns: firstly, that the notion of nature and experiential, aesthetic ways of engaging with nature had declined markedly in environmental education research and practice in South Africa. Secondly, I was concerned that relatively few environmental education centres in Cape Town …
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Plants, food and the repurposing of urban nature: the geographies of foraging and landscape in London
… wild in the multifarious spaces of the city. “Urban foraging”, as it has been termed and observed in other geographies, can be read as a reflection of various concerns. It may be an expression of hipster gentrification, a radical reclamation of communal space, a re-finding of lost flavours and …
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The emergence of landscape urbanism in London: a critical landscape analysis of urban nature under the Anthropocene
… rhetoric and the contested histories of material urban landscapes. A specific set of ecological ideas underpin the field of ‘landscape urbanism’: an approach to urban design associated with a group of designers emerging from the University of Philadelphia in the 1990’s, and more recently the …
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Growing together: exploring the politics of knowing and conserving (bio) diversity in a small conservancy in Cape Town
… conservancy called the Edith Stephens Nature Reserve (ESNR) situated in the low-lying flatlands of the Cape Town metropolis. By tracing some of the complex and varied ways in which different ways of knowing and valuing urban "natures" and practices of conservation co-constitute each …
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Green stormwater infrastructure, preference, and human well-being
… that GSI provides ecological benefits to the urban environment, we know little about how GSI impacts human health and well-being. We know that urban nature, such as trees and parks, provides many human health benefits and is highly preferred. GSI, however, varies in shapes, sizes, and designs …
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Beyond the Pristine: Reframing the Notion of Nature Conservation through the Agency of Plant 'Vagabonds' in Toronto's Rouge National Urban Park
Protecting nature in its pristine state and within designated geographic boundaries is embedded within historical framings of conservation. Yet, in the context of today's rapid anthropogenic change, this concept is increasingly flawed and irrelevant. This thesis draws from interdisciplinary …
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Camera for the invisible : toward a toolkit for urban exploration
… We can't reconnect because we can't even see the Nature within our urban surroundings. Inspired by urban explorers and Nature Awareness traditions, I will develop methodologies and design principles for coming into contact with the environment through direct observation of the previously unseen …
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Songs of sand and grit : a collection of narrative literary journalism
The introduction explicates the nature of narrative literary journalism and situates the four stories within this edifice. This body of work experiments with the classical form of narrative literary journalism. The Soul Searcher tells the story of the ethnomusicologist John Turest-Swartz who wants …
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Earth materials in urban environments - toward building continuity with the past
This dissertation looks at redesigning urban infill to promote a decolonial and environmentally sensitive city that is connected to its history, people, and nature. The inquiry is sparked by experiments in making Compressed Earth Blocks, mud and straw bricks, and shell-crete, and explores the …
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Urban oasis : the central market redevelopment of Hong Kong
In the ultra-urban centers of today, "nature" has become a precious resource that often gets sacrificed in the name of progress and development. The presence of nature has become increasingly elusive in the concrete jungle of present-day metropolises. And in the contemporary urban center of Hong …
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Birds and people in towns and cities : an exploration of human-bird relations in urban areas
Urban nature conservation and sustainability discourses regularly state a desire to bring more ‘nature’ and wildlife into towns and cities - for the perceived good of both people and wildlife. Yet many wildlife species that already live in urban areas are often seen as undesirable by people, and …
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Exploring Diet and Society in Medieval Spain: New Approaches Using Stable Isotope Analysis
… in the south. Social status and the rural/urban nature of settlements influenced the extent of this exploitation. Dietary diversity was observed in Valencia, particularly in the Islamic period and the presence of immigrants among the populations of this city and Jaca is hypothesised. …
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Urbanism of disassembly : strategies for Alang's shipbreaking industry
… resource extraction acquire an extra-territorial urban character. Only by acknowledging the urban nature of such places, can we start to design for these flows of waste, migration and resources. This thesis aims to explore the potential for urbanism to intervene into an industry like Alang to …
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Attacking cities: terrorism in Paris, London, and Manchester (2015-2020)
… factors regarding terrorist networks, yet the urban nature and implications of terrorism have received limited consideration, particularly regarding how terrorism and counterterrorism shape the materiality of urban spaces and intersect with urban life. To address these matters, this thesis …
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Politics of belonging and alienation: underprivileged communities' experiences of the False Bay Nature Reserve
… local communities surrounding the False Bay Nature Reserve in Cape Town, focusing on their sense of belonging or alienation. Conservation efforts often inhibit local communities' sense of belonging to nature, as they are seen as detrimental to conservation goals. This human alienation from …
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There might be a frog in McElligot's Pool: a study of the habitat characteristics and social factors associated with amphibian presence in urban residential gardens in a suburb in Cape Town
This thesis engages with urban ecology through the lens of garden amphibians within a community in Cape Town. The study explores habitat and maintenance features associated with amphibian presence and the social processes underpinning attitudes towards amphibians, with the aim of strengthening …
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