The greening of the cities

Nicholson-Lord, D., 1987, The greening of the cities, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London

  • Author : Nicholson-Lord, D.
  • Year : 1987
  • Publisher : Routledge and Kegan Paul
  • Publisher's Location : London
  • ISBN : 0-7102-0328-4 (p)
  • Pages : 270
  • Abstract : This book is dealing with urban nature development in relationship with social and societal aspects. Especially the social-economic context of the sixties and seventies plays and important role. David Nicholson-Lord looks at how environmentalism and ecology, emerging the first time in the 1960s as a popular force for social reform, provided the political and philosophical inspiration for the grassroots redesign of cities.
  • Comments : Urban nature, urban ecology, grassroots movements, social behaviour, ecological parks, allotments, participation, urban development, ecological management, ecological psychology, environmental psychology, environmental education, ecological gardens, wastelands, urban waste lands, wilderness. UTILITY: lecturers/teachers, academic research, students of universities of professional education.