Urbanizing Nature. Actors and Agency (Dis)Connecting Cities and Nature Since 1500, Paperback/***

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. Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Number of pages: 342 Collection: Routledge Advances in Urban History Publication date: 2020 Dimensions: 154 x 228 x 24 Cover type: Paperback / softback Editor(s): Bert (University of Antwerp, Belgium) De Munck