Access to green space and the act of creating green spaces is
well understood to promote human health, especially in therapeutic
contexts among individuals suffering traumatic events. Less well
understood, though currently being studied, is the role of access
to green space and the act of creating and caring for it in
promoting neighborhood health and well being as related to
social-ecological system resilience. An important implication of
Greening in the Red Zone lies in specific instances of greening and
the presence of greened spaces in promoting and enhancing recovery,
and perhaps resilience, in social-ecological systems disrupted or
perturbed by violent conflict or other catastrophic disaster. This
edited volume provides illustration and interpretation of these
phenomena through a series of cases or examples of Greening in the
Red Zone, which will explore how access to green space and the act
of creating green spaces in extreme situations might contribute to
resistance, recovery, and resilience of social-ecological
systems.
"Greening in the Red Zone" "takes important steps in advancing
our understanding of what makes communities bounce back from
disaster or violent conflict. The authors findings that creating an
caring for green space contributes positively to recovery and
resilience adds to the toolkit of those working in disaster and
conflict zones."
William C. Banks, Director,
Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism,
Syracuse University
"Greening in the Red Zone" is an important and highly relevant
book. It provides theoretical understanding and scientific evidence
of the healing and therapeutic power of contact with nature,
especially during times of crisis, sickness and loss. At a time
when society is more separated than ever from the natural world, it
offers additional reason why our ongoing experience of nature is
essential for the human body, mind and spirit. This book is both
instructive and inspiring."
Stephen R. Kellert,
Tweedy Ordway Professor Emeritus,
Senior Research Scholar,
Yale University
"Greening in the Red Zone is a fascinating book that greatly
elevates our understanding of how the perspective of humans as an
integrated part of nature may contribute to the resilience
discourse. This multi-authored volume provides numerous examples of
how greening and the presence of green spaces in areas that have
experienced large disturbances or catastrophic events may reduce
trauma among individuals and enhance recovery and resilience in
human communities. I certainly warmly recommend this book to anyone
interested in how we may prepare ourselves for an increasingly
uncertain future, building resilience in social-ecological
systems."
Thomas Elmqvist,
Department of Systems Ecology, and
Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University"
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