1st Edition
Urban Nature Enriching Belonging, Wellbeing and Bioculture
1. Urban Nature and Biocultural Realities
Charlie Shackleton and Michelle Cocks
2. The Veil, the Clearing and the Flow: New Commons of Japanese Traditional Gardens in Kanazawa City
Juan Pastor-Ivars
3. Urban Biocultural Identity of Yorubas: Intersection of Philosophy and Nature for Wellbeing at Osun Sacred Grove UNESCO Site, Osogbo, Nigeria
Joseph Adeniran Adedeji
4. Troubled Paradise: The Persian Garden in Post-Islamic Revolution Iran
Viveca Mellegård
5. Designed and Engaged Urban Nature: Biocultural Values in Helsinki, Finland
Kati Vierikko and Mia Jaatsi
6. Decolonisation of Nature in Towns and Cities of South Africa: Incorporation of Biocultural Values
Michelle Cocks, Charlie M. Shackleton, Lindsey Walsh, Duncan Haynes, Amanda Manyani and Dennis Radebe
7. Nature on the Border: The Reconfiguration of Biocultural Experiences by Migrant Women on the Southern Border of Mexico
Ana Lucía Lagunes Gasca and Juliana Merçon
8. Translating Spiritual Experience into Environmental Stewardship at Jamaica Bay, New York City Zachary Garcia, Sonya Sachdeva, Lindsay K. Campbell & Erika Svendsen
9. Biocultural Diversity at Rio de Janeiro’s Urban Beaches: Wellbeing, Belonging and Conflict
Guilherme Cruz de Mendonça
10. Intercultural Learning in Contested Space: The Biocultural Realities of Global Cities through the Lens of Vancouver, Canada
Lorien Nesbitt, Cecil Konijnendijk, Nathanael Lauster and Hyeone Park
11. Urban Realities of Engaging with Nature in Europe: Increasing Diversity and Consequences for Wellbeing and Social Cohesion
Birgit Elands, Bianca Ambrose-Oji, Annegret Haase and Karin Peters
12. Living in Kinship within Urban Landscapes through Equitable, Multicultural, Collaborative Stewardship in New York City
Heather McMillen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen, Christian P. Giardina, Kekuhi Kealiikanakaoleohaililani and Kainana S. Francisco
13. Situating Biocultural Relations in City and Townscapes: Conclusion and Recommendations
Michelle Cocks and Charlie Shackleton
Biography
Michelle L. Cocks is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Rhodes University, South Africa.
Charlie M. Shackleton is Professor and DST/NRF Research Chair of Interdisciplinary Science in Land & Natural Resource Use for Sustainable Livelihoods in the Department of Environmental Science at Rhodes University, South Africa.
