Greening the City

The modern city is not only pavement and concrete. Parks, gardens, trees, and other plants are an integral part of the urban environment.Often the focal points of social movements and political interests, green spacesrepresent far more than simply an effort to balance the man-made with the natural. [...]
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The modern city is not only pavement and concrete. Parks, gardens, trees, and other plants are an integral part of the urban environment.Often the focal points of social movements and political interests, green spacesrepresent far more than simply an effort to balance the man-made with the natural. Acity's history with -- and approach to -- its parks and gardens reveals much aboutits workings and the forces acting upon it. Our green spaces offer a unique andvaluable window on the history of city life.The essays in"Greening the City" span over a century of urbanhistory, moving from "fin-de-si cle" Sofia to greenefforts in urban Seattle. The authors pre-sent a wide array of cases that speak toglobal concerns through the local and specific, with topics that include green-spaceplanning in Barcelona and Mexico City, the distinction between public and privatenature in Los Angeles, the ecological diversity of West Berlin, and the historicaland cultural significance of hybrid spaces designed for sports. The essays collectedhere will make us think differently about how we study cities, as well as how welive in them.ContributorsDorothee Brantz, Technische Universit tBerlin * Peter Clark, University of Helsinki * Lawrence Culver, Utah StateUniversity * Konstanze Sylva Domhardt, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich* Sonja D mpelmann, University of Maryland * Zachary J. S. Falck, IndependentScholar* Stefanie Hennecke, Technical University Munich * Sonia Hirt, VirginiaPolytechnic Institute and State University * Salla Jokela, University of Helsinki *Jens Lachmund, Maastricht University * Gary McDonogh, Bryn Mawr College * JarmoSaarikivi, University of Helsinki * Jeffrey Craig Sanders, Washington StateUniversity