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Campbell, Lindsay K., author.

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

Publication Info.

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (290 pages) : illustrations
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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	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.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Campbell, Lindsay K. City of forests, city of farms : sustainability planning for New York City's nature. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017 9781501707506
ISBN	9781501707506 (cloth : alk. paper)
	9781501714795 (electronic bk.)