Urban Place: Reconnecting with the Natural World
Amidst city concrete and suburban sprawl, Americans are discovering new ways to reconnect with the natural world. From community gardens in New York's Lower East Side to homeless shelters in California, the search for a more sustainable future has led grassroots groups to a profound reconnection to place and to the natural world.Studies of the health consequences of renewing a connection with nature support the urgency of providing green surroundings as cities expand and the majority of the...
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Cross-disciplinary studies find that reconnections to place and to the natural world, which are emerging through urban sustainability efforts, build community and political action and have important medical and psychological health benefits.
Forewordvii1Introduction1IArenas of Reconnection35Discovering Relationships with the Natural World372Reconnecting with Place: Faculty and the Piedmont Project at Emory University393Lifting Spirits: Creating Gardens in California Domestic Violence Shelters61Elaborating New Forms of Connection894Community Gardens in New York City: Place, Community, and Individuality915Urban Connections to Locally Grown Produce1176The Missouri Regional Cuisines Project: Connecting to Place in the Restaurant1417Urban Volunteers and the Environment: Forest and Prairie Restoration173Reclaiming Meanings1898Nature, Memory, and Nation: New York's Latino Gardens and Casitas1919On the Sublime in Nature in Cities213IIConsequences of Reconnection for Human Health and Functioning23510Forest, Savanna, City: Evolutionary Landscapes and Human Functioning23711The Health of Places, the Wealth of Evidence25312Preference, Restoration, and Meaningful Action in the Context of Nearby Nature27113Concluding Remarks: Nature and Health in the Urban Environment299About the Authors321Index325
