Auto-rewilding in post-industrial cities: the case of inland cormorants in urban Britain
dc.contributor.author | Clancy, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Ward, Kimberley | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-11T12:50:11Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-06 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0972-4923 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0975-3133 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/15652 | |
dc.description.abstract |
The last forty years have seen a dramatic increase in the number of great cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) moving inland away from British coastlines. Britain's largest inland colony currently reside at Walthamstow Wetlands, a nature reserve and functional reservoir system in northeast London, recently branded 'Europe's largest urban wetland'. Here, great cormorants are embroiled in contested ideas of nature. Celebrated by conservationists for their resilience and adaptability, yet hounded by anglers for launching ecological chaos on rivers and reservoirs and disrupting the balance that is imagined for urban recreational spaces. This paper argues for a more nuanced version of rewilding that acknowledges the biogeographical complexity and mobility of nonhumans in relation to radically altered ecologies and post-industrial urban environments. It uses the conceptual frame of more-than-human to examine the increased presence, mobility, and agency of great cormorants at Walthamstow Wetlands in terms of nonhuman autonomy and auto-rewilding. The findings demonstrate that the self-relocation and autonomous occupation of inland cormorants in Walthamstow are intimately entangled with human histories and activities, and that they are active alongside humans in creating novel ecosystems. | |
dc.format.extent | 126-126 | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Medknow Publications | |
dc.title | Auto-rewilding in post-industrial cities: the case of inland cormorants in urban Britain | |
dc.type | journal-article | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
plymouth.issue | 2 | |
plymouth.volume | 18 | |
plymouth.publication-status | Published | |
plymouth.journal | Conservation and Society | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.4103/cs.cs_19_71 | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA14 Geography and Environmental Studies | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Centre for Research in Environment and Society (CeRES) | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Centre for Research in Environment and Society (CeRES)/CeRES (Reporting) | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role/Academics | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2020-03-24 | |
dc.rights.embargodate | 2020-6-9 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 0975-3133 | |
dc.rights.embargoperiod | Not known | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.4103/cs.cs_19_71 | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2020-06 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review |