Urbanizing Nature: Actors and Agency (Dis)Connecting Cities and Nature Since 1500

The more people are living in cities, the more nature is said to be "urbanizing" turned into a resource or commodity and mobilized over long distances. Urbanizing Nature aims to counter teleological perspectives on the birth of modern "urban nature", unravelling actors and processes urbanizing nature from 1500 till today.

Author: Tim Soens
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 01/21/2019
Pages: 342
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9780367110864

About the Author

Tim Soens is Professor of Medieval and Environmental History at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.

Dieter Schott is Professor for Modern History at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany.

Michael Toyka-Seid is research associate at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany.

Bert De Munck is professor at the History Department of the University of Antwerp, Belgium.