Urban Jungle: The History and Future of Nature in the City
Ben Wilson, "Urban Jungle: The History and Future of Nature in the City"
English | ISBN: 0385548117 | 2023 | 304 pages | AZW3 | 11 MB
English | ISBN: 0385548117 | 2023 | 304 pages | AZW3 | 11 MB
In this exhilarating look at cities, past and future, Ben Wilson proposes that, in our world of rising seas and threatening weather, the natural world may prove the city's savior
"Illuminating…Wilson leaves readers with hope about the future of efforts to preserve the ecosystems that surround us, as well as a new perspective that looks beyond the concrete and asphalt when walking along a city’s streets."—Associated Press
Since the beginning of civilization, humans have built cities to wall nature out, then glorified it in beloved but quite artificial parks. In Urban Jungle Ben Wilson—the author of Metropolis, a seven-thousand-year history of cities that the
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