2018_EJRNL_PP_MATTHEW_GANDY_1.pdf
Terbatas Perpustakaan Prodi Arsitektur
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Terbatas Perpustakaan Prodi Arsitektur
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The term ‘ecology’, which first emerged in relation to the biological sciences in the 19th 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. It is suggested that
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.