eprintid: 1429081 rev_number: 24 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/42/90/81 datestamp: 2014-05-09 21:22:40 lastmod: 2021-09-26 22:22:19 status_changed: 2014-05-09 21:22:40 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Gandy, M title: Marginalia: Aesthetics, Ecology, and Urban Wastelands ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B03 divisions: C03 note: © Matthew Gandy. An open access article published with license by Taylor & Francis, LLC. abstract: Wastelands are a characteristic feature of many urban and industrial landscapes. Although the term wasteland has become widely subsumed within various utilitarian discourses concerning the redevelopment of ostensibly empty or unproductive spaces, the idea encompasses a multiplicity of meanings, material origins, and ecological characteristics. This article considers these anomalous spaces of urban nature as an interdisciplinary terrain that extends from renewed interest in urban biodiversity to alternative conceptions of landscape authenticity. It is suggested that a more theoretically nuanced and historically grounded conception of the intersections between critical cultural discourses and recent advances in urban ecology might provide a useful counterpoint to narrowly utilitarian approaches to urban nature. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC. date: 2013-11 official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00045608.2013.832105 vfaculties: VSHS oa_status: green full_text_type: pub primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_source: Scopus elements_id: 917608 doi: 10.1080/00045608.2013.832105 lyricists_name: Gandy, Matthew lyricists_id: MGAND76 full_text_status: public publication: Annals of the Association of American Geographers volume: 103 number: 6 pagerange: 1301 - 1316 issn: 0004-5608 citation: Gandy, M; (2013) Marginalia: Aesthetics, Ecology, and Urban Wastelands. Annals of the Association of American Geographers , 103 (6) 1301 - 1316. 10.1080/00045608.2013.832105 <https://doi.org/10.1080/00045608.2013.832105>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1429081/1/00045608.2013.832105-1.pdf