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Urban jungle

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For much of history, wild patches in cities provided essential food, fuel, medicine and places of recreation and escape for city-dwellers, and the dividing line between city and countryside was blurred. Even our post-industrial cities are much wilder places that we might imagine, with booming animal and plant populations, if we know where to look. In ‘Urban Jungle’, Ben Wilson explores the wild side of cities, past, present and future: the middens, abandoned sites and strips of land alongside railway lines.

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An eye-opening and urgent re-examination of nature in our cities, from the Sunday Times bestselling author.

‘Awe-inspiring? full of wonder, warning and hope’
ISABELLA TREE, author of Wilding

Our modern-day cities might seem to represent our separation from the vitality of the natural world. Yet, as Ben Wilson reveals in this invigorating re-examination of urban landscapes across the globe, nature has always been at the heart of the city.

Moving from Los Angeles and Delhi to Singapore and Amsterdam, Wilson explores how the bond between humans and nature has oscillated throughout history, and shows that – in a time of climate crisis – a new approach to rewilding may prove to be the city’s saviour.

‘Wilson soars like a falcon over global cities on five continents’
WASHINGTON POST

‘Novel and provocative’
THE TIMES

Additional information

Weight 0.224 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 1.9 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

304

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

577.56 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K