Urban Ecology in Prospect and Retrospect

The term “ecology”, which first emerged in relation to the biological sciences in the nineteenth century, has subsequently undergone a series of conceptual permutations in an urban context. Existing tensions around the definition of “the city” as an object of analysis have become further complicated by the increasing deployment of ecological metaphors in urban design and related fields.

The presentation will explore how the limitations of urban ecology, as a coherent approach for urban analysis or intervention, stem from the dynamic, interdependent, and historically contested characteristics of urban nature and the ambiguous dimensions to ecology as a leitmotif for urban politics.

Matthew Gandy is Professor of Geography at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge.

The lecture is public. It will be followed by an informal reception.

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Tid: Torsdag d. 15. december 2016 kl. 16:30
Sted: Festauditoriet, Bülowsvej 17, Frederiksberg