Urban Jungle
The History and Future of Nature in the City
New York : Doubleday, [2023]
Format: Book
Edition: First American edition.
Description: xvii, 283 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
"Since the beginning of civilization, humans have built cities to wall nature out, then glorified it in beloved but quite artificial parks. In Urban Jungle Ben Wilson...looks to the fraught relationship between nature and the city for clues to how the planet can survive in an age of climate crisis"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction -- On the edge -- Parks & rec -- The crack in the concrete -- The canopy -- Life force -- The harvest -- Zootropolis -- Epilogue.
ISBN:
9780385548113
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SCIENCE Ecology Wil | Ballentine Indoors | Display, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-265) and index.