The Urban Forest in the Age of Urbanisation.

• Author: Nickain, Samaneh Sadat.
• Place / Publishing House: Aalborg : : River Publishers,, 2021.; Ã2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (148 pages)

Table of Contents

• Front Cover
• The Urban Forest in the Age of Urbanisation
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• List of Figures
• List of Abbreviations
• 1 The Urban Forest in the Age of Urbanisation: Introduction
• 1.1 Urban Forest(ry) in the Era of Globalization
• 1.2 Indian Parable of Blind Men and an Elephant
• 1.3 Towards Holistic Approach in Urban Forestry
• 1.4 Paradigm Shift Towards the New Edge of Urban Forestry
• 1.5 From Dualism to Holism
• 1.6 From Local to Global Visions
• 2 "Exploring Global Scientific Discourses on Urban Forestry": Literature Review
• 2.1 From Urban Forest to Woodland
• 2.2 Pollution
• 2.3 From Woodfuel to Luxury Gradient and Desertification
• 2.4 Economic Extraction
• 3 Dualism: Cities Versus Forests
• 3.1 Sacredness
• 3.2 Resourcism
• 3.3 Embellishment
• 3.4 Power and Luxury
• 3.5 Towards the Age of Enlightenment
• 4 Holism: Forests in Cities/Cities in Forests
• 4.1 From Anthropocentrism to Ecocentrism
• 4.2 Optimal Form of Forests
• 4.3 Forest and Cities in Avant-garde Planning Approach
• 4.4 Novel Boundaries for Forests and Cities in a Global Vision
• 4.5 "Puzzle Doer" of Forests and Cities on a Global Scale
• 5 Urbanization and Forestation: Case Studies
• 5.1 Developed Cities
• 5.2 Shrinking Cities
• 5.3 Self-Constructed Cities
• 6 Towards a Planetary Vision: Conclusion
• 6.1 "If God is Now 'Green"'
• 6.2 Rethinking the Urban Forests for the 21st Century
• 6.3 "A Good Anthropocene"
• General References
• Index
• About the Author
• Back Cover.