Urban Place Reconnecting with the Natural World

Name: Urban Place Reconnecting with the Natural World
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ISBN: 9780262524438

ISBN-10: 0262524430

ISBN-13: 9780262524438

Edition: 2005

Authors: Peggy F. Barlett, Roderick Frazier Nash

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Amidst city concrete and suburban sprawl, Americans are discovering new ways to reconnect with the natural world. From community gardens in New York's Lower East Side to homeless shelters in California, the search for a more sustainable future has led grassroots groups to a profound reconnection to place and to the natural world.Studies of the health consequences of renewing a connection with nature support the urgency of providing green surroundings as cities expand and the majority of the earth's population lives in urban areas. Medical research results, from groups as diverse as healthy volunteers, surgery patients, and heart attack survivors, suggest that contact with nature may improve…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 8/26/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Carolyn Raffensperger is an environmental lawyer and the founding director of the Science and Environmental Health Network.

Roderick Frazier Nash is professor emeritus of history and environmental studies at the University of California Santa Barbara.



Foreword




Introduction




Arenas of Reconnection


Discovering Relationships with the Natural World



Reconnecting with Place: Faculty and the Piedmont Project at Emory University




Lifting Spirits: Creating Gardens in California Domestic Violence Shelters



Elaborating New Forms of Connection



Community Gardens in New York City: Place, Community, and Individuality




Urban Connections to Locally Grown Produce




The Missouri Regional Cuisines Project: Connecting to Place in the Restaurant




Urban Volunteers and the Environment: Forest and Prairie Restoration



Reclaiming Meanings



Nature, Memory, and Nation: New York's Latino Gardens and Casitas




On the Sublime in Nature in Cities




Consequences of Reconnection for Human Health and Functioning



Forest, Savanna, City: Evolutionary Landscapes and Human Functioning




The Health of Places, the Wealth of Evidence




Preference, Restoration, and Meaningful Action in the Context of Nearby Nature




Concluding Remarks: Nature and Health in the Urban Environment



About the Authors