Post-Industrial Urban Greenspace
An Environmental Justice Perspective
Post-industrial urban spaces typically include abandoned factories, disused rail lines, old pits and quarries, and de-commissioned landfills. In these places, different visions compete for dominance with respect to current and future land uses. Neighbours often view such urban greenspace as polluted, unkempt and weedy, harbouring undesirable biophysical features and people. These are spaces that often become the focus of some form of revitalization, reinvestment and restoration. From the perspective of civic authorities and urban planners, transforming post-industrial landscapes into disciplined and tended greenspace creates the urban conditi…
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Weitere Autoren: Sandberg, L. Anders (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-317-43068-1
- EAN: 9781317430681
- Produktnummer: 31673758
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 104 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 4'946 KB
Über den Autor
Jennifer Foster is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies and Coordinator of the Urban Ecologies program at York University. She is a Registered Professional Planner (RPP) with the Canadian Institute of Planners. Recent projects include the contemporary art exhibition Land-Slide: Possible Futures and the critical urban ecology study From Rubble to Refuge.L. Anders Sandberg is a Professor and former Associate Dean in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University, Toronto, Canada. His two most recent books are The Oak Ridges Moraine Battles: Development, Sprawl and Nature Conservation in the Toronto Region (2013) and Urban Trees, Forests, and Greenspace: A Political Ecology Perspective (2014).
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