Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability
|
Buy Now
The Durban forest (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R273
Discovery Miles 2 730
You Save: R77
(22%)
|
|
The Durban forest (Hardcover)
(sign in to rate)
List price R350
Loot Price R273
Discovery Miles 2 730
You Save R77 (22%)
Expected to ship within 5 - 10 working days
|
For a sustainable urban future to be possible, a new botanical
discipline is needed to deepen our understanding of the relations
between people and plants. This discipline will link environmental
management concerns with those of human welfare and wellbeing in a
specifically urban context to achieve both ecological restorations
and social redress. The Durban Botanic Gardens Trust has published
The Durban Forest as an early effort to establish a manifesto for
this much-needed new discipline, and provides both historical and
forward-looking perspectives on the changing relations between
natural areas and urban dwellers. These relations urgently await
our exploration if we are to face the challenges of the
accelerating urbanism and environmental change that are now upon
us. The Durban forest will appeal to all those interested in people
and the environment, culture and community, our past and our
future. Most of all, it will speak to the Durban of tomorrow and
suggest a new kind of botany that will help to build a future for
all Durban’s residents that is environmentally, socially and
economically more just and more secure. The Durban forest is the
first in a series of publications planned by the Durban Botanic
Gardens Trust. The series is to be entitled umKhuhlu, the African
name for Trichilia dregeana, the forest mahogany and an iconic
Durban tree. The series will draw on the garden’s reputation as
Durban’s oldest, and one of its most treasured public institutions
in order to encourage a new model of plant use. This model aspires
to a specific urban, humanitarian and restorative focus that will
support a just and resilient urbanism.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.