Monday 11 April 2011

Secondary Succession Urbanism

Are the principles of secondary succession in ecology transferable to the urban environment? Consider for a moment the effects the rapid urbanisation has had on the existing landscape. Could this be considered the "event' within the principles of second succession? If you could suggest that the kumpungs of Jakarta are in fact a landscape typology, in the way they act and react to forces around them, then is it not possible to suggest that they could be an important trigger in the process of ecological renewal of the urban environment?
 
Brainstorm.
Once again the 3rd landscape theory of Gilles Clement has emerged. Once again it can not be ignored. How do you design with these principles? Do not the creation of slums reflect in their emergence the same  principles as Gilles Clements theory of the third landscape?



"Secondary succession is a process started by an event that reduces an already established ecosystem to a smaller population of species". wikipedia.org

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