A collection of essays from a wide range of disciplines, The Social Ecology of Border Landscapes addresses social ecologies in the marginal spaces, liminal landscapes and territorial interfaces of border zones.
The collection of essays in The Social Ecology of Border Landscapes defi nes borders and borderlands to include territorial interfaces, marginal spaces (physical, sociological and psychological) and human consciousness. From theoretical and conceptual presentations on social ecology and its agencies and representations, to case studies and concrete projects and initiatives, the contributing authors uncover a thread of contemporary thought and action on this important emerging fi eld. The essays aim to defi ne the territories of social ecology, to investigate how social agencies can activate ecological processes and systems, and to understand how the interactions of people and ecosystems can create new sustainable landscapes across tangible and intangible territorial rifts.
A collection of essays from a wide range of disciplines, The Social Ecology of Border Landscapes addresses social ecologies in the marginal spaces, liminal landscapes and territorial interfaces of border zones.
The collection of essays in The Social Ecology of Border Landscapes defi nes borders and borderlands to include territorial interfaces, marginal spaces (physical, sociological and psychological) and human consciousness. From theoretical and conceptual presentations on social ecology and its agencies and representations, to case studies and concrete projects and initiatives, the contributing authors uncover a thread of contemporary thought and action on this important emerging fi eld. The essays aim to defi ne the territories of social ecology, to investigate how social agencies can activate ecological processes and systems, and to understand how the interactions of people and ecosystems can create new sustainable landscapes across tangible and intangible territorial rifts.
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International Journal of Architectural Research Environment and Urbanization
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Collection of essays on social ecologies in the marginal spaces, liminal landscapes and territorial interfaces of border zones.
Introduction: Social Ecologies and Borderlands; Part I: Frames: Mapping
Social Ecologies in Border Territories;
1. On the Agency of Borderlands;
2.
Social Ecology and Transboundary Conservation: (Re-) Connecting Nature and
People in Borderlands;
3. Social Ecologies as Gated Ecologies; Part II:
Bridges: Resilience, Restoration and Reclamation;
4. Borders as Zones of
Experiential Learning: The Case of the Balkans Peace Park Initiative;
5.
Social Ecologies in Borderlands: Crane Habitat Restoration and Sustainable
Agriculture Project in the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea;
6.
Socio-Ecological Transformations in Riparian Zones: The Production of Spaces
of Exclusion and the Uneven Development of Resilience in the Sonoran
Borderlands ;
7. From No-Mans Land to Every-Mans Land: Socio-Ecological
Approaches to Reclaiming Shared Spaces in Border Landscapes, with Examples
from Germany and Cyprus; Part III: Corridors: Catalysts and Collaboration in
Confined Spaces;
8. Ensuring Hope in Militarized Landscapes: The Case of
Lebanon;
9. Domesticating and Enlarging Ones Territory: Day-to-Day Politics
in a Confined SpaceThe ShuFat Refugee Camp in East Jerusalem;
10. Urban
Alternatives and Collaborative Economics in Belfasts Contested Space; Part
IV: Portals: Dialogue, Exception and Reterritorialization;
11. Australia Day:
A Social Ecology Dialogue across Aboriginal and White Cultures;
12.
Re-Legislating the Soil: Enclosures and Exception at the Amazon Frontiers;
13. Mediterranean Edges: Reterritorializing Natural and Social Ecologies;
Making Sense of Social Ecology, Borders and the Environment: A Conclusion;
Index.
Anna Grichting, a Swiss architect and urbanist, is currently teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in Architecture and urban planning at Qatar University.
Michele Zebich-Knos is Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs, and founding Director of the Master of Science in International Policy Management Program at Kennesaw State University/University System of Georgia (Atlanta, USA). She is currently a Research Fellow at the University of Vermonts Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security and is author of numerous publications on environmental policy.
