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Book SynopsisThis book offers in-depth ethnographic analyses of key informants’ interviews on the ecological urbanism and ecosystem services (ES) of selected green infrastructure (GI) in Yoruba cities of Ile-Ife, Ibadan, Osogbo, Lagos, Abeokuta, Akure, Ondo, among others in Southwest Nigeria. It examines the Indigenous Knowledge System (IKS) demonstrated for wellbeing through home gardens by this largest ethno-linguistic group in Nigeria. This is in addition to the ES of Osun Grove UNESCO World Heritage Site, Osogbo; Biological Garden and Park, Akure; Lekki Conservation Centre, Lagos; Adekunle Fajuyi Park, Ado-Ekiti; Muri Okunola Park, Lagos; and some institutional GI including University of Ibadan Botanical Gardens, Ibadan; Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta Botanical Garden, Abeokuta; and University of Lagos Lagoon Front Resort, Lagos, Nigeria. The study draws on theoretical praxis of Western biophilic ideologies, spirit ontologies of the Global South, and largely, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005) to examine eco-cultural green spaces, home gardens, and English-types of parks and gardens as archetypes of GI in Yoruba traditional urbanism, colonial and post-colonial city planning. The book provides methods of achieving a form of modernized traditionalism as means of translating the IKS into design strategies for eco-cultural cities. The strategies are framework, model, and ethnographic design algorithms that are syntheses of the lived experiences of the key informants.
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: Ecosystem Services of Green Infrastructure – Towards a Theoretical Praxis Provisioning Services Supporting Services Regulation Services Cultural ServicesChapter 2: Ecological Urbanism in Yoruba Cities – An Ecosystem Services Survey Eco-cultural Green Spaces: Osun Grove UNESCO Site, Osogbo Oranmiyan Grove, Ile-Ife Oduduwa Grove, Ile-Ife Oramfe Grove, Ile-Ife OlumirinWater Fall, Erin-Ijesa Ikogosi Warm Spring, Ikogosi Olumo Rocks, Abeokuta English Parks, Gardens and Memorials: Agodi Gardens, Ibadan Trans Amusement Wonderland Park, Ibadan Freedom Park, Osogbo Fajuyi Park, Ado-Ekiti Biological Gardens, Akure Fasoranti Park, Akure Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library Park, Abeokuta Golf Course, Saki Lekki Conservation Center, Lagos Ndubisi Kanu Park, Lagos Muri Okunola Park, Lagos Abiola Gardens, Lagos Institutional Parks and Gardens: University of Ibadan Botanical Gardens University of Ilorin Parks Obafemi Awolowo University Botanical Gardens Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta Botanical GardensChapter 3: Ecosystem Services of Yoruba Home Greens – IndigenousKnowledge System for Wellbeing Provisioning Services Supporting Services Regulation Services Cultural ServicesChapter 4: Between Profanity and Sacredness – Global North and South Divide Biophilic Rationalism Spirit Ontologies and MysticismChapter 5: Conclusion: Evidence-based Design of Eco-cultural Cities
