TY - BOOK ID - 8884863 TI - Urban wildscapes AU - Jorgensen, Anna AU - Keenan, Richard PY - 2012 SN - 9780415581066 0415581060 9780203807545 9781136662782 9781136662829 9781136662836 9780415581059 PB - London Routledge DB - UniCat KW - Duurzame stedenbouw KW - Urban ecology (Sociology) KW - Wilderness areas. KW - Vacant lands. KW - Abandoned buildings. KW - Derelict buildings KW - Buildings KW - Vacant land KW - Vacant lots KW - Land use, Urban KW - Terrain vague KW - Lands, Protected wild KW - Places, Protected wild KW - Protected wild lands KW - Protected wild places KW - Protected wildlands KW - Regions, Wilderness KW - Wild lands, Protected KW - Wild places, Protected KW - Wilderness areas KW - Wilderness regions KW - Wildlands, Protected KW - National parks and reserves KW - Natural areas KW - Protected areas KW - Cities and towns KW - Urban ecology KW - Urban environment KW - Social ecology KW - Sociology, Urban KW - Conservation KW - Environmental aspects KW - 316.334.56 KW - 504 KW - 712 KW - Urbane sociologie KW - Ecologie KW - Landschapsarchitectuur KW - Abandoned buildings KW - Vacant lands KW - 574 KW - Ecologie en bioverscheidenheid UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8884863 AB - Urban Wildscapes is one of the first edited collections of writings about urban 'wilderness' landscapes. Evolved, rather than designed or planned, these derelict, abandoned and marginal spaces are frequently overgrown with vegetation and host to a wide range of human activities. They include former industrial sites, landfill, allotments, cemeteries, woods, infrastructural corridors, vacant lots and a whole array of urban wastelands at a variety of different scales. Frequently maligned in the media, these landscapes have recently been re-evaluated and this collection assembles these fresh perspectives in one volume. Combining theory with illustrated examples and case studies, the book demonstrates that urban wildscapes have far greater significance, meaning and utility than is commonly thought, and that an appreciation of their particular qualities can inform a far more sustainable approach to the planning, design and management of the wider urban landscape. The wildscapes under investigation in this book are found in diverse locations throughout the UK, Europe, China and the US. They vary in scale from small sites to entire cities or regions, and from discrete locations to the imaginary wildscapes of children's literature. Many different themes are addressed including the natural history of wildscapes, their significance as a location for all kinds of playful activity, the wildscape as 'commons' and the implications for landscape architectural practice, ranging from planting interventions in wildscapes to the design of the urban public realm on wildscape principles. ER -