EAN: 9781787333147

URBAN JUNGLE - BEN WILSON KARTONIERT (TB)

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 provided essential food  fuel  medicine and places of recreation and escape for
city-dwellers  and the dividing line between city and countryside was blurred. Even our
post-industrial cities are much wilder places that we imagine  with booming animal and plant
populations - 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 of our cities. 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.

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