Historical ecological approaches to settlement aggregation and complexity reject modernist and post-modernist reliance on linear neo-evolutionary categorization of cities in relation to earlier farming communities. Instead, urban centres and multi-urban systems are viewed as components of complex heterarchically and hierarchically organized landscapes. Resilience theory has been applied in several archaeological efforts to characterize urban development of specific centres. Building on experience from the recently concluded Urban Mind project this chapter argues for a historical ecology approach to track the long-term cultural and environmental dynamics of multi-centred urban systems. Linking human cognition, social memory, ecosystem services, urban metabolism and food security, and institutions of urban governance, it uses data on long-term urban histories in the eastern Mediterranean, southern Africa, and Mesoamerica to identify implications for future urban planning initiatives.
Isendahl, Christian,1965Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för historiska studier,Department of Historical Studies(Swepub:gu)xisech
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Barthel, Stephan,1968-Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC), Stockholms universitet(Swepub:hig)stnbal
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Uppsala universitetInstitutionen för historiska studier
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Ingår i:The Oxford Handbook of Historical Ecology and Applied Archaeology / edited by Christian Isendahl and Daryl StumpNew York : Oxford University Press, s. 524-5399780199672691
Ingår i:The Oxford Handbook of Historical Ecology and Applied ArchaeologyNew York : Oxford University Press, s. 524-539