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Forest Urbanisms: New Non-Human and Human Ecologies for the 21st Century

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2024
Series: LAP
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How forest urbanism can address the contemporary socio-ecological crisis

A radical redefinition of how humanity occupies the earth — through forests, agriculture, and settlement — and rearticulates environmental stewardship by intertwining ecologies and urbanisms, this publication brings together essays by scholars in forestry, urbanism and other disciplines, designers, practitioners and policy makers. It explores the multifaceted notion of forest urbanisms, including a conceptual framing essay; contributions from the sciences such as bioscience engineering, architecture, urbanism and public policy; contemporary forest urbanism projects and explorative essays that make tangible an agenda for the 21st century. With descriptions of both built and non-built projects from around the globe, the essays show how such projects substantiate a radical shift in humankind’s occupation of the world, where ecologies and urbanisms converge and agriculture, forests, and settlements are integrated.

Forest Urbanisms extends growing research on a new nature–culture relationship, the necessity for trees in cities, and a rebalancing of ecology and urbanism.

Contributing authors: Chiara Cavalieri (UC Louvain), Cecil Koninendijk (Nature Based Solutions Institute), Rik De Vreese (European Forest Institute), Bart Muys (KU Leuven), Colleen Murphy-Dunning (Yale University), Bureau Bas Smets, Kongjian Yu (Turenscape), Wim Wambecq and Joris Moonen (MIDI), Embyá Paisagens & Ecossistemas, EFFEKT, TCL, aldayjover architecture and landscape, Björn Bracke (KU Leuven / Kollektif Landscape), Koenraad Danneels (KU Leuven), Marlène Boura (Biotope Environnement, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale), Swagata Das (KU Leuven), Kamni Gill (University of Manitoba), Alejandra Parra-Ortiz (University of Montreal), Gina Serrano-Aragundi (EPA Barranquilla Verde), Jörg Rekittke (University College Dublin), Takako Tajima (University of Southern California), Jamie Vanucchi (Cornell University), Maria Goula (Cornell University)

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Table of Contents

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Foreword. Forest Urbanisms as a Political Project
Foreword. Forest Urbanisms as a Political Project
Preface
Preface
Framing Forest Urbanisms
Framing Forest Urbanisms
Framing Forest Urbanisms
Forests & Science
Forests & Science
Forests & Science
II. On The Need of Large Old Trees to Keep Cities Young and Vibrant
II. On The Need of Large Old Trees to Keep Cities Young and Vibrant
III. Intentionally Inclusive Urban Forestry
III. Intentionally Inclusive Urban Forestry
Forest Urbanisms Projects
Forest Urbanisms Projects
Forest Urbanisms Projects
II. Fish Tail Park
II. Fish Tail Park
IV. Salvador Ethnobotanical Garden
IV. Salvador Ethnobotanical Garden
VI. Transforming Southbank Boulevard
VI. Transforming Southbank Boulevard
Forest Urbanisms Explorations
Forest Urbanisms Explorations
II. Foresting A Char in the Brahmaputra Valley in Assam, India
II. Foresting A Char in the Brahmaputra Valley in Assam, India
III. Visible and Invisible Forests. The Cultivation of Shade in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
III. Visible and Invisible Forests. The Cultivation of Shade in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
IV. Bridging Green Gaps. Empowering Participatory Governance Through Tree Planting in Barranquilla, Colombia
IV. Bridging Green Gaps. Empowering Participatory Governance Through Tree Planting in Barranquilla, Colombia
V. Urban Forests As Post-Manicure Outdoor Design Types
V. Urban Forests As Post-Manicure Outdoor Design Types
Forest Urbanisms Explorations
VI. A Fence That Grew a Forest. A Strategy For a Park At Pachacamac Archaeological Sanctuary
VI. A Fence That Grew a Forest. A Strategy For a Park At Pachacamac Archaeological Sanctuary
VII. Forest Logics, Lenses and Orders. Towards A Climate-Forward Forest Urbanism Along The Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor
VII. Forest Logics, Lenses and Orders. Towards A Climate-Forward Forest Urbanism Along The Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor
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