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Chapitre 1. Introduction. The quest for naturbanity

Chapitre 1. Introduction. A la recherche de la naturbanité

Frédéric Landy
Estienne Rodary
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Louise Bruno-Lézy
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Julien Dellier
Sylvain Guillot
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Résumé

In this introduction, the neologism « Naturbanity » is discussed, for expressing the necessity for cities endowed with a national park to integrate it into their functioning. Conversely, such parks must take into account their location in an urban environment, both as a source of heavy pressures on nature and as a nexus of incentives to support its conservation. What we call the principle of non-exclusivity (neither the city nor the park has a right nor even the possibility to negate the other's presence) summarizes the main argument of our book. The fact that park and city must live together, for better or for worse, must be considered empirically: the challenge of informal settlement encroachment, industrial pollution, etc. may be balanced by the support of urban « civil society » for funding parks, awareness of ecosystem services provided by the park to the city, etc. It must also be considered philosophically, since naturbanity blurs the old « modern » dichotomy of nature/culture: animals and human beings can often jump the physical and ideological wall separating many parks from the adjacent city. This introduction concludes by illuminating the structure of the book. "The survey found that the leopard density at Sanjay Gandhi National Park [in Mumbai] is 21 in a 100 sq km, which, the report said, was one of the highest density of leopards found anywhere. (...) Breaking previously-held notions of leopards entering buildings along the periphery due to lack of prey inside the national park, the study showed wild prey contributed to 57 per cent of the leopards' diet. However, dogs along the periphery of the park was still found to be the principal prey species". Indian Express, 1.7.2015 [In Corcovado, Tijuca National Park,] « the statue of Christ the Redeemer is a global image and in reality is as wonderful. Very efficient elevators and escalators and the cleanest gondola windows ever! » (www.tripadvisor.ca, 21.10.2013).

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relationship_isVariantFormatOf hal-02238374 Chapitre d'ouvrage Estienne Rodary, Louise Bruno-Lézy, Julien Dellier, Sylvain Guyot, Frédéric Landy. Introduction: The Quest for Naturbanity. Frédéric Landy. From Urban National Parks to Natured Cities in the Global South: The Quest for Naturbanity, Springer Singapore, pp.1-31, 2018, ⟨10.1007/978-981-10-8462-1_1⟩. ⟨hal-02238374⟩

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Frédéric Landy, Estienne Rodary, Louise Bruno-Lézy, Julien Dellier, Sylvain Guillot. Chapitre 1. Introduction. The quest for naturbanity. F. Landy éd., From urban national parks to natured cities in the global South: The quest for naturbanity, Springer, Singapore, 2018, 329 p., 2018. ⟨hal-04248285⟩
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