City of Forests, City of Farms : Sustainability Planning for New York City's Nature /

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City of Forests, City of Farms is a history of recent urban forestry and agriculture policy and programs in New York City. Centered on the 2007 initiative PlaNYC, this account tracks the development of policies that increased sustainability efforts in the city and dedicated more than 00 million doll...

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Main Author: Campbell, Lindsay K. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Urban forestry.
Urban ecology (Biology)
Urban agriculture.
Sustainable living.
Land use, Urban > Environmental aspects.
Human ecology.
Green movement.
Environmental policy.
City planning > Environmental aspects.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > New York (État) > New York.
Utilisation urbaine du sol > Aspect de l'environnement > New York (État) > New York.
Style de vie durable > New York (État) > New York.
Écologisme > New York (État) > New York.
Écologie urbaine > New York (État) > New York.
Agriculture urbaine > New York (État) > New York.
Foresterie urbaine > New York (État) > New York.
Écologie humaine > New York (État) > New York.
Environmental policy > New York (State) > New York.
City planning > Environmental aspects > New York (State) > New York.
Land use, Urban > Environmental aspects > New York (State) > New York.
Sustainable living > New York (State) > New York.
Green movement > New York (State) > New York.
Urban ecology (Biology) > New York (State) > New York.
Urban agriculture > New York (State) > New York.
Urban forestry > New York (State) > New York.
Human ecology > New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : juxtaposing urban forestry and agriculture in the PlaNYC era
  • Greening New York City : political economic context and environmental stewardship from 1970-present
  • Creating PlaNYC : the politics of urban sustainability planning
  • City of forests : planting one million trees
  • Beyond planting : creating an urban forestry movement
  • Growing in the city : from community gardening to urban agriculture
  • City of farms : cultivating urban agriculture through food policy visions and plans
  • Constructing the "greener, greater" city : politics, discourses, and material practices
  • City as ecosystem : changing form, function, and governance of urban socio-nature
  • Epilogue : from Bloomberg to de Blasio and beyond.

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