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A historical perspective on resilient urbanism: the ‘sociobiology of cities’ and ‘ecosystem urbs’ in Belgium, 1900-1980
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Abstract
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| The chapter, co-written by Koenraad Danneels, Bruno Notteboom, and Greet De Block, examines the influence of Belgian natural scientists and urban designers in creating a socio-environmental perspective on urban resilience. The first part of the chapter looks at the idea of the ‘sociobiological city,’ which was developed by landscape architect Louis Van der Swaelmen as a response to the destructions of the First World War. The second part of the essay explores the concept of the city as an ecosystem, which ecologist Paul Duvigneaud developed in response to the environmental crisis of the 1970s. This historical analysis draws attention to the use of crisis, the idea of equilibrium and the (contested) sociopolitical motives and forces in resilient urbanism as it developed in 20th-century Belgium. These two scientific approaches also offer critical insights into the new concept of resilience, highlighting ways that power and inequality are embedded in socio-biological metaphors, and asking how these metaphors continue to be used in current debates about resilience. |
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Language
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English
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Source (book)
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Urban resilience in a global context: actors, narratives, and temporalities / Brantz, D. [edit.]; et al.
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Source (series)
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Urban Studies
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Publication
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Bielefeld
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Transcript Verlag
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2020
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ISBN
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978-3-8376-5018-1
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DOI
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10.14361/9783839450185-003
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Volume/pages
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p. 35-56
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