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

Today, cities around the globe are planting street trees to mitigate the effects of climate change. However, as landscape historian Sonja Dumpelmann explains, this is not a new phenomenon. In her eye-opening work, Dumpelmann 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, Dumpelmann'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.

Riassunto

A fascinating and beautifully illustrated volume that explains what street trees tell us about humanity's changing relationship with nature and the city

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sonja Dumpelmann, Sonja (Harvard Gsd Usa) Dumpelmann, Sonja Dümpelmann
• Editore: Yale University Press Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9780300225785
• ISBN: 978-0-300-22578-5
• Pagine: 336
• Dimensioni: 190 mm x 260 mm x 30 mm
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Natura > Guide naturalistiche; Libri scolastici > Didattica > Formazione professionale; NATURE / Plants / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, environmental science, engineering & technology, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Trees, wildflowers & plants, Urban communities, Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest, Environmental science, engineering and technology, City and town planning: architectural aspects