Main entry:

Beatley, Timothy, 1957- author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut

Title & Author:

Wild nature in cities : design for a post-pandemic world / Timothy Beatley and JD Brown.

Publication:

New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2026.
©2026

Description:

v, 259 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the role of nature in the pandemic city -- Reconnecting with nature: how the pandemic reinvented streets, parks, and public and quasipublic spaces -- Tree city: forest urbanism in the time of pandemic -- Wild nature in the pandemic city -- Nature and equitable health -- Community nature spaces -- A sustaining urban nature economy -- Nature after the pandemic: conclusions and future directions.

Summary:

"This book collects the many stories, experiences and innovative policies and strategies by which cities and local governments have helped to facilitate and strengthen essential pandemic-era nature-connections. It makes the central point that contact with nature and the outdoors was (and is) an essential element of a healthy, resilient city, Investing in wild nature and the many opportunities to experience and enjoy will be critical for cities in preparing for the next pandemic, as well as the many other crises and stressors, small and large, that cities will face. The book discusses in detail the many different spaces and places in cities where nature was discovered or rediscovered, from parks and urban forests to balconies and rooftops and stoops. From re-purposing the physical spaces of the city to allow strolling, hiking, bicycling and outdoor eating, to the ways the cities are beginning to address pandemic-induced unemployment through nature- based enterprises, the book provides an extensive collection and catalogue of the many different and unique things cities and local governments are doing. The authors explore how these nature connections (before and after the pandemic) have helped individuals, families and communities to successfully respond to and weather the pandemic. And each chapter is forward-looking-what can the experiences of wild nature during the pandemic tell us about future urban planning and design, and can these experiences inspire and motivate us to protect, grow and design-in more wild nature in cities? The book provides a view to the longer-term effects of the pandemic on the design of cities and how nature will figure into these trends and likely future changes. The book will be useful to policymakers, urban researchers, and citizens, as well as students and faculty"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780367761523 hardcover
0367761521 hardcover
9780367761509 paperback
0367761505 paperback
electronic book
9781003165736
electronic publication
9781040746264
9781040465943

Subject:

Urban ecology (Sociology)
Urbanization Environmental aspects.
City planning Environmental aspects.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023 Influence.
Écologie urbaine.
Urbanisation Aspect de l'environnement.
urban environments.
City planning Social aspects
Urban ecology (Biology)
Urban vegetation management

Added entries:

Brown, JD, author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 325374
Call No.: 325374
Copy: 1
Status: Available