The Forest and the City
The Cultural Landscape of Urban Woodland
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Beschreibung
Amsterdamse Bos, Bois de Boulogne, Epping Forest, Grunewald, Zoniënwoud; throughout history, cities in Europe and elsewhere have developed close relationships with nearby woodland areas. In some cases, cities have even developed – and in some cases are promoting – a distinct ‘forest identity’. This book introduces the rich heritage of these city forests as cultural landscapes, and shows that cities and forests can be mutually beneficial.
Essential reading for students and researchers interested in urban sustainability and urban forestry, this book also has much wider appeal. For with city forests playing an increasingly important role in local government sustainability programs, it provides an important reference for those involved in urban planning and decision making, public affairs and administration, and even public health.
From providers of livelihoods to healthy recreational environments, and from places of inspiration and learning to a source ofconflict, the book presents examples of city forests from around the world. These cases clearly illustrate how the social and cultural development of towns and forests has often gone hand in hand. They also reveal how better understanding of city forests as distinct cultural and social phenomena can help to strengthen synergies both between cities and forests, and between urban society and nature.
- There is yet to be published a more comprehensive book specifically on city forests from an international perspective.
- The book takes a unique view on the relationships between cities and their forests, through a cultural and social lens, and giving city forests their place within larger forestry, urban planning, green infrastructure debates.
- The book offers a rich amount of case studies and examples from across the world, based on the author’s unique experience and global urban forestry work.
Offers a unique view on the relationships between cities and their forests through a cultural and social lens Frames the discussion of city forests within larger forestry, urban planning, green infrastructure debates Contains numerous case studies and examples from across the world based on the author’s unique experience in global urban forestry work
Autor*in
Cecil C. Konijnendijk
Themen in »The Forest and the City«
City forest Cultural landscapes City-forest relationships Environmental history Forestry Urban forestry urban development landscape/regional and urban planning