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Urban forests, trees and greenspace are critical in contemporary
planning and development of the city. Their study is not only a
question of the growth and conservation of green spaces, but also
has social, cultural and psychological dimensions. This book brings
a perspective of political ecology to the complexities of urban
trees and forests through three themes: human agency in urban
forests and greenspace; arboreal and greenspace agency in the urban
landscape; and actions and interventions in the urban forest.
Contributors include leading authorities from North America and
Europe from a range of disciplines, including forestry, ecology,
geography, landscape design, municipal planning, environmental
policy and environmental history.
Urban forests, trees and greenspace are critical in contemporary
planning and development of the city. Their study is not only a
question of the growth and conservation of green spaces, but also
has social, cultural and psychological dimensions. This book brings
a perspective of political ecology to the complexities of urban
trees and forests through four themes: policy and governance;
history, culture and identity; environmental justice and social
inclusion; and urban forest and greenspace engagement and
education. Contributors include leading authorities from North and
South America and Europe from a range of disciplines, including
forestry, ecology, geography, landscape design, municipal planning,
environmental policy and environmental history.
This book examines the challenges and possibilities of conducting
cultural environmental history research today. Disciplinary
commitments certainly influence the questions scholars ask and the
ways they seek out answers, but some methodological challenges go
beyond the boundaries of any one discipline. The book examines: how
to account for the fact that humans are not the only actors in
history yet dominate archival records; how to attend to the
non-visual senses when traditional sources offer only a
two-dimensional, non-sensory version of the past; how to decolonize
research in and beyond the archives; and how effectively to use
sources and means of communication made available in the digital
age. This book will be a valuable resource for those interested in
environmental history and politics, sustainable development and
historical geography.
Post-industrial urban spaces typically include abandoned factories,
disused rail lines, old pits and quarries, and de-commissioned
landfills. In these places, different visions compete for dominance
with respect to current and future land uses. Neighbours often view
such urban greenspace as polluted, unkempt and weedy, harbouring
undesirable biophysical features and people. These are spaces that
often become the focus of some form of revitalization, reinvestment
and restoration. From the perspective of civic authorities and
urban planners, transforming post-industrial landscapes into
disciplined and tended greenspace creates the urban conditions and
signals of popular contemporary taste that attract investors,
gentrifiers, and tourists. But post-industrial spaces are also
places where unique and unpredictable human and ecological
associations can emerge spontaneously. Such places may contain
considerable ecological integrity and biodiversity and host human
populations who find a home and respite in such ecologies. They
also tell stories of an industrial and urban past that should be
acknowledged, understood and (if suitable) celebrated. This volume
explores the environmental justice and injustice dimensions of
emerging urban post-industrial landscapes, including the ecological
politics, cultural representations and aesthetics of these spaces.
This book was published as a special issue of Local Environment.
This book examines the challenges and possibilities of conducting
cultural environmental history research today. Disciplinary
commitments certainly influence the questions scholars ask and the
ways they seek out answers, but some methodological challenges go
beyond the boundaries of any one discipline. The book examines: how
to account for the fact that humans are not the only actors in
history yet dominate archival records; how to attend to the
non-visual senses when traditional sources offer only a
two-dimensional, non-sensory version of the past; how to decolonize
research in and beyond the archives; and how effectively to use
sources and means of communication made available in the digital
age. This book will be a valuable resource for those interested in
environmental history and politics, sustainable development and
historical geography.
Post-industrial urban spaces typically include abandoned factories,
disused rail lines, old pits and quarries, and de-commissioned
landfills. In these places, different visions compete for dominance
with respect to current and future land uses. Neighbours often view
such urban greenspace as polluted, unkempt and weedy, harbouring
undesirable biophysical features and people. These are spaces that
often become the focus of some form of revitalization, reinvestment
and restoration. From the perspective of civic authorities and
urban planners, transforming post-industrial landscapes into
disciplined and tended greenspace creates the urban conditions and
signals of popular contemporary taste that attract investors,
gentrifiers, and tourists. But post-industrial spaces are also
places where unique and unpredictable human and ecological
associations can emerge spontaneously. Such places may contain
considerable ecological integrity and biodiversity and host human
populations who find a home and respite in such ecologies. They
also tell stories of an industrial and urban past that should be
acknowledged, understood and (if suitable) celebrated. This volume
explores the environmental justice and injustice dimensions of
emerging urban post-industrial landscapes, including the ecological
politics, cultural representations and aesthetics of these spaces.
This book was published as a special issue of Local Environment.
Advances in our scientific understanding and technological power in
recent decades have dramatically amplified our capacity to
intentionally manipulate complex ecological and biological systems.
An implication of this is that biological and ecological problems
are increasingly understood and approached from an engineering
perspective. In environmental contexts, this is exemplified in the
pursuits of geoengineering, designer ecosystems, and conservation
cloning. In human health contexts, it is exemplified in the
development of synthetic biology, bionanotechnology, and human
enhancement technologies. Designer Biology: The Ethics of
Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems consists
of thirteen chapters (twelve of them original to the collection)
that address the ethical issues raised by technological
intervention and design across a broad range of biological and
ecological systems. Among the technologies addressed are
geoengineering, human enhancement, sex selection, genetic
modification, and synthetic biology. The aim of the collection is
to advance and enrich our understanding of the ethical issues
raised by these technologies, as well as to identify general
lessons about the ethics of engineering complex biological and
ecological systems that can be applied as new technologies and
practices emerge. The insights that emerge will be especially
valuable to students and scholars of environmental ethics,
bioethics, or technology ethics.
Too often, the ideas and practices of professional foresters have
beenviewed as monolithic. This book argues that forestry is a more
diverseand complex activity than has been generally recognized. It
alsounderlines the political character of the profession.
Difference liesat the root of politics, and Nova Scotia forestry
has been punctuatedby fundamental debates on matters of science,
policy, and management.In different ways, the subjects of this
volume all have run"against the grain," raising challenges in
pursuit of newforestry practice. Many of their challenges have
failed, in the face ofa determined consensus. Nonetheless, the
plurality of views andexperiences they reveal are an apt reflection
of the inherentlypolitical character of modern forestry and of the
need to push beyondappearance to find the foundations of both
orthodoxy and dissent.
Advances in our scientific understanding and technological power in
recent decades have dramatically amplified our capacity to
intentionally manipulate complex ecological and biological systems.
An implication of this is that biological and ecological problems
are increasingly understood and approached from an engineering
perspective. In environmental contexts, this is exemplified in the
pursuits of geoengineering, designer ecosystems, and conservation
cloning. In human health contexts, it is exemplified in the
development of synthetic biology, bionanotechnology, and human
enhancement technologies. Designer Biology: The Ethics of
Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems consists
of thirteen chapters (twelve of them original to the collection)
that address the ethical issues raised by technological
intervention and design across a broad range of biological and
ecological systems. Among the technologies addressed are
geoengineering, human enhancement, sex selection, genetic
modification, and synthetic biology. This collection advances and
enriches our understanding of the ethical issues raised by these
technologies and identifies general lessons about the ethics of
engineering complex biological and ecological systems that can be
applied as new technologies and practices emerge. The insights that
emerge will be especially valuable to students and scholars of
environmental ethics, bioethics, or technology ethics.
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