Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, 12545, USA.
Urban Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Ambio. 2024 Jun;53(6):845-870. doi: 10.1007/s13280-024-02001-y. Epub 2024 Apr 20.
This perspective emerged from ongoing dialogue among ecologists initiated by a virtual workshop in 2021. A transdisciplinary group of researchers and practitioners conclude that urban ecology as a science can better contribute to positive futures by focusing on relationships, rather than prioritizing urban structures. Insights from other relational disciplines, such as political ecology, governance, urban design, and conservation also contribute. Relationality is especially powerful given the need to rapidly adapt to the changing social and biophysical drivers of global urban systems. These unprecedented dynamics are better understood through a relational lens than traditional structural questions. We use three kinds of coproduction-of the social-ecological world, of science, and of actionable knowledge-to identify key processes of coproduction within urban places. Connectivity is crucial to relational urban ecology. Eight themes emerge from the joint explorations of the paper and point toward social action for improving life and environment in urban futures.
这种观点源自于 2021 年一次虚拟研讨会引发的生态学家之间的持续对话。一个跨学科的研究人员和实践者小组得出结论，城市生态学作为一门科学，可以通过关注关系而不是优先考虑城市结构，更好地为美好未来做出贡献。来自其他关系学科的见解，如政治生态学、治理、城市设计和保护，也有贡献。鉴于需要迅速适应全球城市系统不断变化的社会和生物物理驱动因素，这种关系性尤其具有影响力。与传统的结构性问题相比，通过关系视角可以更好地理解这些前所未有的动态。我们使用三种类型的共同生产——社会生态世界的共同生产、科学的共同生产和可操作知识的共同生产——来确定城市中共同生产的关键过程。连通性对于关系型城市生态学至关重要。本文的联合探讨提出了八个主题，指向为改善城市未来的生活和环境而采取的社会行动。
