The political nature of urban wetlands: Speaking from Princess Vlei Wetland, Cape Town

Henrik Ernstson

The political nature of urban wetlands: Speaking from Princess Vlei Wetland, Cape Town

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The Princess Vlei Wetland in Cape Town, South Africa, has been part of a public debate since 2010 when a plan to build a shopping centre at the wetland resurfaced. This matured a civic-led coalition in opposition, which aimed to ecologically rehabilitate the area as a community and heritage park. These activities have come to ‘load’ Princess Vlei with political content beyond what stakeholder dialogues and other liberal democratic accounting tools can handle. Indeed, Princess Vlei brings a wider lesson about the deep disagreements that urban nature holds in postcolonial societies, and beyond.

Original language	English
Edition	2
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Urban Plants and Colonial Durabilities
Ernstson, H., 2020, The Botanical City. Gandy, M. & Jasper, S. (eds.). p. 71-81 11 p.
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