Frontiers in Social–Ecological Urbanism

Johan Colding, Karl Samuelsson, Lars Marcus, Åsa Gren, Ann Legeby, Meta Berghauser Pont and Stephan Barthel
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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
Karl Samuelsson: Department of Building Engineering, Energy Systems and Sustainability Science, 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

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 6, 1-18

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.

Keywords: social–ecological systems; urban design; climate-change adaptation; ecosystem services; cognitive resilience building (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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