City Of Forests, City Of Farms: Sustainability Planning For New York City's Nature

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.

• | Author: Lindsay K. Campbell
• | Publisher: Cornell University Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 15, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 290 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1501707507
• | ISBN-13: 9781501707506