Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees and People in the

Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape

â€œFar-ranging and deeply researched,Â Urban ForestsÂ reveals the beauty and significance of the trees around us.â€Â â€”Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofÂ The Sixth Extinction

â€œJonnes extols the many contributions that trees make to city life and celebrates the men and women who stood up for Americaâ€™s city trees over the past two centuries. . . . An authoritative account.â€Â â€”Gerard Helferich,Â The Wall Street Journal
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â€œWe all know that trees can make streets look prettier. But in her new bookÂ Urban Forests, Jill Jonnes explains how they make them safer as well.â€Â â€”Sara Begley,Â TimeÂ Magazine
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A celebration of urban trees and the Americansâ€”presidents, plant explorers, visionaries, citizen activists, scientists, nurserymen, and tree nerdsâ€”whose arboreal passions have shaped and ornamented the nationâ€™s cities, from Jeffersonâ€™s day to the present
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As natureâ€™s largest and longest-lived creations, trees play an extraordinarily important role in our cities; they are living landmarks that define space, cool the air, soothe our psyches, and connect us to nature and our past. Today, four-fifths of Americans live in or near urban areas, surrounded by millions of trees of hundreds of different species. Despite their ubiquity and familiarity, most of us take trees for granted and know little of their fascinating natural history or remarkable civic virtues.

Jill Jonnesâ€™s Urban Forests tells the captivating stories of the founding mothers and fathers of urban forestry, in addition to those arboreal advocates presently using the latest technologies to illuminate the value of trees to public health and to our urban infrastructure. The book examines such questions as the character of American urban forests and the effect that tree-rich landscaping might have on commerce, crime, and human well-being.Â For amateur botanists, urbanists, environmentalists, and policymakers, Urban Forests will be a revelation of one of the greatest, most productive, and most beautiful of our natural resources.
Country USA
Manufacturer Penguin Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-09-27
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Penguin Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-09-27
Format	Kindle eBook

Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape

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