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Post-Industrial Urban Greenspace Ecology, Aesthetics and Justice (Paperback): Jennifer Foster Post-Industrial Urban Greenspace Ecology, Aesthetics and Justice (Paperback)
Jennifer Foster
R1,092 Discovery Miles 10 920 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book offers original theoretical and empirical insight into the social, cultural and ecological politics of rapidly changing urban spaces such as old factories, rail yards, verges, dumps and quarries. These environments are often disregarded once their industrial functions wane, a trend that cities are experiencing through the advance of late capitalism. From a sustainability perspective, there are important lessons to learn about the potential prospects and perils of these disused sites. The combination of shelter, standing water and infrequent human visitation renders such spaces ecologically vibrant, despite residual toxicity and other environmentally undesirable conditions. They are also spaces of social refuge. Three case studies in Milwaukee, Paris and Toronto anchor the book, each of which offers unique analytical insight into the forms, functions and experiences of post-industrial urban greenspaces. Through this research, this book challenges the dominant instinct in Western urban planning to "rediscover" and redevelop these spaces for economic growth rather than ecological resilience and social justice. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers of Urban Planning, Ecological Design, Landscape Architecture, Urban Geography, Environmental Planning, Restoration Ecology, and Aesthetics.

Post-Industrial Urban Greenspace Ecology, Aesthetics and Justice (Hardcover): Jennifer Foster Post-Industrial Urban Greenspace Ecology, Aesthetics and Justice (Hardcover)
Jennifer Foster
R3,597 Discovery Miles 35 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book offers original theoretical and empirical insight into the social, cultural and ecological politics of rapidly changing urban spaces such as old factories, rail yards, verges, dumps and quarries. These environments are often disregarded once their industrial functions wane, a trend that cities are experiencing through the advance of late capitalism. From a sustainability perspective, there are important lessons to learn about the potential prospects and perils of these disused sites. The combination of shelter, standing water and infrequent human visitation renders such spaces ecologically vibrant, despite residual toxicity and other environmentally undesirable conditions. They are also spaces of social refuge. Three case studies in Milwaukee, Paris and Toronto anchor the book, each of which offers unique analytical insight into the forms, functions and experiences of post-industrial urban greenspaces. Through this research, this book challenges the dominant instinct in Western urban planning to "rediscover" and redevelop these spaces for economic growth rather than ecological resilience and social justice. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers of Urban Planning, Ecological Design, Landscape Architecture, Urban Geography, Environmental Planning, Restoration Ecology, and Aesthetics.

Post-Industrial Urban Greenspace - An Environmental Justice Perspective (Paperback): Jennifer Foster, L.Anders Sandberg Post-Industrial Urban Greenspace - An Environmental Justice Perspective (Paperback)
Jennifer Foster, L.Anders Sandberg
R1,420 Discovery Miles 14 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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.

Post-Industrial Urban Greenspace - An Environmental Justice Perspective (Hardcover): Jennifer Foster, L.Anders Sandberg Post-Industrial Urban Greenspace - An Environmental Justice Perspective (Hardcover)
Jennifer Foster, L.Anders Sandberg
R4,150 Discovery Miles 41 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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.

The day the sea came in - 1607 on the Gwent Levels (Paperback): Rose Hewlett The day the sea came in - 1607 on the Gwent Levels (Paperback)
Rose Hewlett; Illustrated by Jennifer Foster
R241 R201 Discovery Miles 2 010 Save R40 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Lexden Tumulus - A Re-appraisal of an Iron Age Burial from Colchester, Essex (Paperback): Jennifer Foster The Lexden Tumulus - A Re-appraisal of an Iron Age Burial from Colchester, Essex (Paperback)
Jennifer Foster
R1,911 Discovery Miles 19 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A reappraisal of an Iron Age burial from Colchester, Essex. (BAR 156, 1986)

Bronze Boar Figurines in Iron Age and Roman Britain (Paperback): Jennifer Foster Bronze Boar Figurines in Iron Age and Roman Britain (Paperback)
Jennifer Foster
R942 Discovery Miles 9 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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