Cecil C. Konijnendijk 
The Forest and the City [PDF ebook] 
The Cultural Landscape of Urban Woodland

Підтримка

Amsterdamse Bos, Bois de Boulognes, Epping Forest, Hong Kong’s country parks, Stanley Park: throughout history cities across the world 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.

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Зміст

Introduction.- The Spiritual Forest.- The Forest of Fear.- The Fruitful Forest.- The Forest of Power.- The Great Escape.- A Work of Art.- The Wild Side of Town.- The Healthy Forest.- The Forest of Learning.- The Youthful Forest.- The Social Forest.- A Forest of Diversity.- A Forest of Conflict.- A Forest for the Future.

Про автора

Dr Cecil Konijnendijk, a Dutch national based in Vancouver, British Columbia, has studied and promoted the role of woodlands and trees in urban societies throughout his career. After employment in the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Hong Kong, he started as professor of urban forestry at the University of British Columbia in 2016. His present work includes, among other, research, teaching, advising urban forestry practitioners, and writing about urban forestry issues. He has coordinated several international networks and research projects dealing with city forests and other green space. Cecil is also editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, and series editor of Springer’s Future City book series.

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Мова Англійська ● Формат PDF ● Сторінки 267 ● ISBN 9783319750767 ● Розмір файлу 12.8 MB ● Видавець Springer International Publishing ● Місто Cham ● Країна CH ● Опубліковано 2018 ● Видання 2 ● Завантажувані 24 місяців ● Валюта EUR ● Посвідчення особи 5624003 ● Захист від копіювання Соціальний DRM

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