Urban Forests, Trees, and Greenspace: A Political Ecology Perspective [Hardcover]

Urban forests, trees and greenspace are critical in contemporary planning and development of the city. Their study is not only a question of the growth and conservation of green spaces, but also has social, cultural and psychological dimensions. This book brings a perspective of political ecology to the complexities of urban trees and forests through three themes: human agency in urban forests and greenspace; arboreal and greenspace agency in the urban landscape; and actions and interventions in the urban forest. 

Contributors include leading authorities from North America and Europe from a range of disciplines, including forestry, ecology, geography, landscape design, municipal planning, environmental policy and environmental history.

1. Introduction  L. Anders Sandberg, Adrina Bardekjian, and Sadia Butt  Part 1: Human Agency in Urban Forests and Greenspace  2. Urban Forests are Social Natures: Markets, Race, Class, and Gender in Relation to (Un)just Urban Environments  Harold Perkins  3. From Government to Governance: Contribution to the Political Ecology of Urban Forestry  Cecil C. Konijnendijk van den Bosch  4. A Genealogy of Urban Forest Discourse in Flanders, Belgium  Ann Van Herzele  5. Institutions, Law, and the Political Ecology of Urban Forestry: A Comparative Approach  Blake Hudson  6. Manufacturing Green Consensus: Urban Green Governance in Singapore  Natalie Gulsrud and Can Seng Ooi  7. The Places of Trees in Honduras: Contributions of Public Spaces and Smallholders  Joby Bass  Part 2: Arboreal and Greenspace Agency in the Urban Landscape  8. (Urban) Places of Trees: Affective Embodiment, Ilî