_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 $400 million dollars to trees via the
MillionTreesNYC campaign. Lindsay K. Campbell uses PlaNYC to consider
how and why nature is constructed in New York City. Campbell regards
sustainability planning as a process that unfolds through the
strategic interplay of actors, the deployment of different narrative
frames, and the mobilizing and manipulation of the physical
environment, which affects nonhuman animals and plants as well as the
city's residents.
Campbell zeroes in on a core omission in PlaNYC's original conception
and funding: Despite NYC having a long tradition of community
gardening, particularly since the fiscal crisis of the 1970s, the plan
contained no mention of community gardens or urban farms. Campbell
charts the change of course that resulted from burgeoning public
interest in urban agriculture and local food systems. She shows how
civic groups and elected officials crafted a series of visions and
plans for local food systems that informed the 2011 update to PlaNYC.
_City of Forests, City of Farms_ is a valuable tool that allows us to
understand and disentangle the political decisions, popular
narratives, and physical practices that shape city greening in New
York City and elsewhere.
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Sustainability Planning for New York City’s Nature
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781501714795
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Cornell University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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