eprintid: 1429081
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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
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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   
 
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