Examining the complex social and material relationships between architecture and ecology which constitute modern cultures‎,‎ this collection responds to the need to extend architectural thinking about ecology beyond current design literatures‎.‎ This book shows how the ‎'‎habitats‎'‎‎,‎ ‎'‎natural milieus‎'‎‎,‎ ‎'‎places‎'‎ or ‎'‎shelters‎'‎ that construct architectural ecologies are composed of complex and dynamic material‎,‎ spatial‎,‎ social‎,‎ political‎,‎ economic and ecological concerns‎.‎ With contributions from a range of leading international experts and academics in architecture‎,‎ art‎,‎ anthropology‎,‎ philosophy‎,‎ feminist theory‎,‎ law‎,‎ medicine and political science‎,‎ this volume offers professionals and researchers engaged in the social and cultural biodiversity of built environments‎,‎ new interdisciplinary perspectives on the relational and architectural ecologies which are required for dealing with the complex issues of sustainable human habitation and environmental action‎.‎ The book provides‎:‎ *16 essays‎,‎ including two visual essays‎,‎ by leading international experts and academics from the UK‎,‎ US‎,‎ Australia‎,‎ New Zealand and Europe‎;‎ including Rosi Braidotti‎,‎ Lorraine Code‎,‎ Verena Andermatt Conley and Elizabeth Grosz * A clear structure‎:‎ divided into 5 parts addressing bio‎-political ecologies and architectures‎;‎ uncertain‎,‎ anxious and damaged ecologies‎;‎ economics‎,‎ land and consumption‎;‎ biological and medical architectural ecologies‎;‎ relational ecological practices and architectures * An exploration of the relations between human and political life * An examination of issues such as climate change‎,‎ social and environmental well‎-being‎,‎ land and consumption‎,‎ economically damaging global approaches to design‎,‎ community ecologies and future architectural practice‎.‎