Co-habitat. Towards an animal inclusive design in the Brussels Capital Region. A cartographic and design exploration into non-human agency
(2024) 170 pages
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Boura, Marlène 
- Abstract
- The research project CO-HABITAT responds to a challenge that is high on today’s agenda within academia as well as in diverse societal arenas. It is generally acknowledged that biodiversity is being eroded by humans as at a rate unprecedented in history. The 2024 global Living Planet Index shows an average 73% fall in monitored populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish between 1970 and 2020 (WWF, 2024). Because urbanisation has been identified as one of the most important underlying trends, driving the destruction and degradation of nature this is a challenge that cannot be tackled within natural sciences nor are the solutions only to be found in conserving important wildlife habitats. Critically questioning the position of wildlife in urban and peri-urban spaces is a key challenge for the spatial disciplines, such as architecture, urban planning and landscape design. The human-centrist paradigm, that pervaded scientific paradigms and urban planning practice, and informs political choices and policy making, has increasingly been held responsible for the current ecological crisis.
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Bracke, B., Danneels, K., Boura, M., Bonifacio, A. L., Van Loon, N., Vanderveken, M., Heutz, G., Claeys, D., Leinfelder, H., Notteboom, B., & Perrotti, D. (2024). Co-habitat. Towards an animal inclusive design in the Brussels Capital Region. A cartographic and design exploration into non-human agency. KULeuven.