One of Smithsonian Magazine's Favorite Books of 2022 With wildlife
thriving in cities, we have the opportunity to create vibrant urban
ecosystems that serve both people and animals. The Accidental
Ecosystem tells the story of how cities across the United States
went from having little wildlife to filling, dramatically and
unexpectedly, with wild creatures. Today, many of these cities have
more large and charismatic wild animals living in them than at any
time in at least the past 150 years. Why have so many cities-the
most artificial and human-dominated of all Earth's ecosystems-grown
rich with wildlife, even as wildlife has declined in most of the
rest of the world? And what does this paradox mean for people,
wildlife, and nature on our increasingly urban planet? The
Accidental Ecosystem is the first book to explain this phenomenon
from a deep historical perspective, and its focus includes a broad
range of species and cities. Cities covered include New York City,
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Austin, Miami, Chicago,
Seattle, San Diego, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. Digging
into the natural history of cities and unpacking our conception of
what it means to be wild, this book provides fascinating context
for why animals are thriving more in cities than outside of them.
Author Peter S. Alagona argues that the proliferation of animals in
cities is largely the unintended result of human decisions that
were made for reasons having little to do with the wild creatures
themselves. Considering what it means to live in diverse,
multispecies communities and exploring how human and non-human
members of communities might thrive together, Alagona goes beyond
the tension between those who embrace the surge in urban wildlife
and those who think of animals as invasive or as public safety
hazards. The Accidental Ecosystem calls on readers to reimagine
interspecies coexistence in shared habitats, as well as policies
that are based on just, humane, and sustainable approaches.
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