creating places of health, creativity, and ecological sustainability Loder, Angela creator author. text bibliography enk 2020 monographic eng

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xii, 250 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm "Small-scale urban greening projects are changing the urban landscape, shifting our experience and understanding of green spaces in our cities. This book argues that including power dynamics, symbolism, and aesthetics in our understanding of the human relationship to urban nature can help us create places that nurture ecological and human health and promote successful and equitable urban communities. Using an interdisciplinary approach to current research debates and new comparative case studies on community perceptions of these urban greening projects and policies, this book explores how small-scale urban greening projects can impact our sense of place, health, creativity and concentration while also being part of a successful urban greening program. Arguing that wildness, emotion, and sense of place are key components of our human-nature relationship, this book will be of interest to designers, academics and policy makers"-- Angela Loder. Includes bibliographical references and index. City planning Environmental aspects Environmental sustainability HT166 .L6164 2020 307.1/216 Loder, Angela, New York : Routledge, 2020. (DLC) 2019049318 9780367900830 9781138187870 2019049317 DLC 200103 20221231133655.0 21350996 eng