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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794982503321

Autore

Campbell Lindsay K.

Titolo

City of forests, city of farms : sustainability planning for New York City's nature / / Lindsay K. Campbell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2017

ISBN

1-5017-1479-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

333.77

Soggetti

Human ecology - New York (State) - New York

Urban forestry - New York (State) - New York

Urban agriculture - New York (State) - New York

Urban ecology (Biology) - New York (State) - New York

Green movement - New York (State) - New York

Sustainable living - New York (State) - New York

Land use, Urban - Environmental aspects - New York (State) - New York

City planning - Environmental aspects - New York (State) - New York

Environmental policy - New York (State) - New York

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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