Urban Jungle: Wilding The City
by Ben Wilson
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Jonathan Cape, London, 2023. Softcover. As New. An eye-opening and urgent re-examination of nature in our cities, from the Sunday Times bestselling winner of the Somerset Maugham Awards Our modern-day cities might seem to represent our separation from the natural world. In fact, as Ben Wilson reveals in this captivating re-examination of urban landscapes around the world, nature has always been at the heart of the city. Urban Jungle explores the wild side of cities past, present and future: the middens, abandoned sites and strips of land alongside railway lines. For much of history, wild patches in cities were essential for city-dwellers and the dividing line between city and countryside was blurred. Even our post-industrial cities are much wilder that we imagine - if we know where to look. On today's urbanised planet, natural forces - be they floods, storms, droughts or pandemics - look set to determine the future. In a time of climate crisis, cities that once built walls and towers to defend against attack now have to become greener to protect themselves from external threats. Our future - and that of the planet - will be made in the city. Only by looking deep into the past, examining the present and casting an eye to the future can we really begin to understand the bountiful potential and wonder of our extraordinary urban ecosystems. 284 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Environment; Environment & Ecology; ISBN/EAN: 9781787333147. Inventory No: 267097.. 9781787333147
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- 267097
- Title
- Urban Jungle: Wilding The City
- Author
- Ben Wilson
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1787333140
- ISBN 13
- 9781787333147
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2023
- Keywords
- BZDB43 Environment; Environment & Ecology; Unbranded EAN: 9781787333147 Ben Wilson Urban Jungle: Wilding The City
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