| Seeing Trees: A History of Street Trees in New York City and Berlin Contributor(s): Dümpelmann, Sonja (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300225784 ISBN-13: 9780300225785 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $54.45 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2019 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Nature | Plants - Trees |
| Dewey: 635.977 |
| LCCN: 2018938623 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 7.3" W x 10.1" (1.75 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
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| Publisher Description: "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 D mpelmann explains, the planting of street trees in cities to serve specific functions is not a new phenomenon. In her eye-opening work, D mpelmann 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, D mpelmann'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. |