City of forests, city of farms : sustainability planning for New York City's nature / Lindsay K. Campbell.

City of Forests, City of Farms is a history of recent urban forestry and agriculture policy and programs in New York City. Centered on the 2007 initiative PlaNYC, this account tracks the development of policies that increased sustainability efforts in the city and dedicated more than 00 million doll...

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Online Access:	Full text (Emerson users only)
Main Author:	Campbell, Lindsay K. (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
Subjects:	Human ecology > New York (State) > New York. Urban forestry > New York (State) > New York. Urban agriculture > New York (State) > New York. Urban ecology (Biology) > New York (State) > New York. Green movement > New York (State) > New York. Sustainable living > New York (State) > New York. Land use, Urban > Environmental aspects > New York (State) > New York. City planning > Environmental aspects > New York (State) > New York. Environmental policy > New York (State) > New York.
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central

Table of Contents:

Introduction : juxtaposing urban forestry and agriculture in the PlaNYC era
Greening New York City : political economic context and environmental stewardship from 1970-present
Creating PlaNYC : the politics of urban sustainability planning
City of forests : planting one million trees
Beyond planting : creating an urban forestry movement
Growing in the city : from community gardening to urban agriculture
City of farms : cultivating urban agriculture through food policy visions and plans
Constructing the "greener, greater" city : politics, discourses, and material practices
City as ecosystem : changing form, function, and governance of urban socio-nature
Epilogue : from Bloomberg to de Blasio and beyond.

City of forests, city of farms : sustainability planning for New York City's nature / Lindsay K. Campbell.

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