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Seeing Trees
- A History of Street Trees in New York City and Berlin
Engelsk Hardback
Seeing Trees
- A History of Street Trees in New York City and Berlin
Engelsk Hardback

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A fascinating and beautifully illustrated volume that explains what street trees tell us about humanity’s changing relationship with nature and the city  “A deep . . . dive into urban society’s need for—and relationship with—trees that sought to return the natural world to the concrete jungle.”—Adrian Higgins, Washington Post  Winner of the Foundation for Landscape Studies' 2019 John Brinckerhoff Jackson Prize   Today, cities around the globe are planting street trees to mitigate the effects of climate change. However, as landscape historian Sonja Dümpelmann explains, the planting of street trees in cities to serve specific functions is not a new phenomenon. In her eye-opening work, Dümpelmann shows how New York City and Berlin began systematically planting trees to improve the urban climate during the nineteenth century, presenting the history of the practice within its larger social, cultural, and political contexts.   A unique integration of empirical research and theory, Dümpelmann’s richly illustrated work uncovers this important untold story. Street trees—variously regarded as sanitizers, nuisances, upholders of virtue, economic engines, and more—reflect the changing relationship between humans and nonhuman nature in urban environments. Offering valuable insights and frameworks, this authoritative volume will be an important resource for years to come.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
336
ISBN-13:
9780300225785
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0300225784
Udg. Dato:
12 feb 2019
Længde:
26mm
Bredde:
183mm
Højde:
259mm
Forlag:
Yale University Press
Oplagsdato:
12 feb 2019
Forfatter(e):
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