From Neighbourhood to Bioregion: The City as a Living System
The Greek physician Hippocrates described the effects of “airs, waters, and places” on the health of individuals and communities. For a short period, the industrial age distracted us from this whole-systems understanding of the world–but we are now learning again to think of cities as habitats, and...
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- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2018
- Institución:
- Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
- Repositorio:
- Expeditio: repositorio UTadeo
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:expeditiorepositorio.utadeo.edu.co:20.500.12010/17160
- Acceso en línea:
- https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783035618013-003/html
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12010/17160
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035618013-003
- Palabra clave:
- Ecología cívica
Industria
Máquina
Energía cultural
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| Summary: | The Greek physician Hippocrates described the effects of “airs, waters, and places” on the health of individuals and communities. For a short period, the industrial age distracted us from this whole-systems understanding of the world–but we are now learning again to think of cities as habitats, and as ecosystems, that co-exist on a single living planet. Humanising the city in this context-making it healthy for people–therefore means making it habit- able for all of life, not just human life. It means thinking of the city as a local living economy, not as a machine. And it means the embrace of biodiversity, and local economic activity, as better measures of a city’s health than the amount of money that flows through it. The notion of the city as a living system generates cultural energy, too: A narrative based on caring–for each other, and for our places–creates the meaning and shared purpose we’ve been so badly lacking. |
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