From the Garden to the City: a redemptive understanding through the ecology of cities

From the Garden to the City: a redemptive understanding through the

ecology of cities

SURE CongressJuly, 2013

Cities have become the dominant global human habitat of this century in terms of

geography, experience, constituency, and influence

Morgan Grove

Cities: Managing Densely Settled Social-Ecological Systems, 2008

Misanthropy: un-naturalPatriarchy: uncontrollablePathology: sick, a problemTheology: sinfulMorality: badMorphology: pariah

Science: labBiology: hive

Physics: combustionEcology: ecosystem

Re-deem

Re-mediate

Re-generate

Re-habilitate

Re-claim

Re-vitalize

Re-store

Re-build

Re-new

Re-birth

Systems/Capital in a City

Financial

Social

Bonding

BridgingSpiritual

Natural

Cultural

Enabling self-organization

as the underpinning of city livability,

resilience and innovation

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A ‘problem’ in a city …

is work that still needs doing





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Technology

From the Garden to the City: a redemptive understanding through the ecology of cities