A critical approach to ecological urbanism in Hong Kong
| Autor: | CM Owen, Jennifer Lorrimar-Shanks |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Autopoiesis
Metaphor media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies 0507 social and economic geography 021107 urban & regional planning Environmental ethics 02 engineering and technology Management Monitoring Policy and Law Development Narrative inquiry Urban Studies Ecological design Sustainable urbanism Ecological urbanism Sustainability Normative Sociology Social science 050703 geography media_common |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development. 8:110-125 |
| ISSN: | 1946-3146 1946-3138 |
| Popis: | This paper uses a process of ecological reasoning to challenge normative concepts of sustainable urbanism. Ecological metaphor is often applied in a normative manner, with the assumption that ecologically derived design concepts are wholly positive and ‘sustainable’; however, this is not necessarily the case. Through a detailed case study of Hong Kong, we reveal that the interpretive nature of ecological urbanism can produce a variety of outcomes to either contribute to, by explicating and imagining, or undermine sustainability endeavours, by misleading or obscuring. Employing a situated narrative technique we challenge established ecological design concepts, such as ‘self-sufficiency’ and ‘eco-efficiency’, with their cultural residuals of individualistic, mechanistic values. In their place, the notion of autopoiesis is proposed, reconceptualising Hong Kong as an interactive network of agents working to regain sovereignty over production, distribution and consumption patterns. The implications of this res... |
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