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Frontiers in Social–Ecological Urbanism

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  • Johan Colding

    (Department of Building Engineering, Energy Systems and Sustainability Science, University of Gävle, Kungsbäcksvägen 47, SE-801 76 Gävle, Sweden
    The Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 50005, SE-114 18 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Karl Samuelsson

    (Department of Building Engineering, Energy Systems and Sustainability Science, University of Gävle, Kungsbäcksvägen 47, SE-801 76 Gävle, Sweden
    Department of Computer and Geospatial Sciences, University of Gävle, Kungsbäcksvägen 47, SE-801 76 Gävle, Sweden)

  • Lars Marcus

    (Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden)

  • Åsa Gren

    (The Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 50005, SE-114 18 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Ann Legeby

    (School of Architecture, KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Meta Berghauser Pont

    (Department of Computer and Geospatial Sciences, University of Gävle, Kungsbäcksvägen 47, SE-801 76 Gävle, Sweden)

  • Stephan Barthel

    (Department of Building Engineering, Energy Systems and Sustainability Science, University of Gävle, Kungsbäcksvägen 47, SE-801 76 Gävle, Sweden
    Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Kräftriket 2B, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden)

Abstract

This paper describes a new approach in urban ecological design, referred to as social–ecological urbanism (SEU). It draws from research in resilience thinking and space syntax in the analysis of relationships between urban processes and urban form at the microlevel of cities, where social and ecological services are directly experienced by urban dwellers. The paper elaborates on three types of media for urban designers to intervene in urban systems, including urban form, institutions, and discourse, that together function as a significant enabler of urban change. The paper ends by presenting four future research frontiers with a potential to advance the field of social–ecological urbanism: (1) urban density and critical biodiversity thresholds, (2) human and non-human movement in urban space, (3) the retrofitting of urban design, and (4) reversing the trend of urban ecological illiteracy through affordance designs that connect people with nature and with each other.

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  • Johan Colding & Karl Samuelsson & Lars Marcus & Åsa Gren & Ann Legeby & Meta Berghauser Pont & Stephan Barthel, 2022. "Frontiers in Social–Ecological Urbanism," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(6), pages 1-18, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:11:y:2022:i:6:p:929-:d:841173
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