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Green Cities

Ecologically Sound Approaches to Urban Space

David Gordon, ed.

2nd printing

This anthology presents visions from around the world of an ecological urban model. It is a much needed prescription for the reformation of urban design and the reaffirmation of collective social goals.

...it carves a scholarly depth into the radical changes needed to diffuse our urban crisis.
Montreal Mirror

...the ideas it contains are so sane and sensible that youÕll end up wondering why civic politicians and officials have been dragging their heels on green issues for so may years.
Books in Canada

The greening of cities must be encouraged, and this book assists that process.
Town Planning Review

Beyond its value to environmental professionals, this book has merit as a stimulus to citizen involvement in city greening projects.
Labour/Le Travail

Table of Contents:
Introduction: David Goode (Head, London Ecology Unit): A Green Renaissance;

PART I: What is the Green City? Michael Hough (Chief researcher/designer, National Capital Commission, Ottawa, Canada):
Formed by Natural Process: A Definition of the Green City; David Morris (Director, Institute for Self-Reliance, Washington D.C.):
The Ecological City as a Self-Reliant City; Rashmi Mayur (Director, Urban Environment Institute, Bombay; President, Global Futures Network):
Vision and Joy of Green Cities; Christine Furedy (York Univ., Toronto):
Incidental Greening: Saving Resources in Asian Cities; Enrique Leff (Coordinator, UN Environmental Training Network for Latin America and the Caribbean):
The Global Context of the Greening of Cities; William Jordan (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum; founder, International Society for Ecological Restoration and Management):
Making an Urban Wilderness: Reflections on the First Fifty Years of the Univ. of Wisconsin Arboretum;

PART II: Naturalization at Work. Tjeerd Deelstra (Director, Intl. Institute for the Urban Environment, Delft, Netherlands): The Productive City: Urban Forestry in the Netherlands; Michael Hough:
Naturalizing Parks and Nonpar Open Spaces; William Granger (Arborist Supervisor, City of North York, Toronto): Naturalizing Existing Parklands; Edward Holubowich (Chief Landscape Architect, National Capital Commission, Ottawa, Canada):
Naturalizing Existing Parklands: The National Capital Commission; Robert Dorney (Univ. of Waterloo, Canada):
The Ecological Restoration and Utilization of Urban Rights-of-Way; Craig Steffens (Supervising Landscape Architect, Texas Dpt. of Highways and Public Transportation):
The Texas Highways Department Wildflower Programme; William Sopper (Penn State Univ):
Forests as Living Filters for Urban Sewage; Linda Gilkeson (research entomologist, Applied Bio-Nomics, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada):
Integrated Pest Management; Wayne Gall (Administrator, Tifft Farm Nature Preserve, Buffulo Museum of Science, New York State):
Breaking the Technical Barriers: Restoration of an Urban Green Space; Jacklyn Johnston (London Ecology Unit):
Establishing Ecology Parks in London; David Gordon: Toronto's Ecology Park;

PART III: Effecting Change: Breaking the Barriers. Jacklyn Johnston:
Gaining Public Support for Wildlife in the City; Jacqueline Courval (co-chair, Friends of the Spit, Toronto):
Friends of the Spit: The Greening of a Community-Based Environmental Group; Robert Dorney:
Urban Agriculture and Urban Land Use; Harry Pelissero (past president, Ontario Federation of Agriculture; M.P.P for Lincoln, Ontario, Canada):
Urban Agriculture in the Green City; Tupper Thomas (Administrator, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York City):
The Green city Versus Soccer Fields; Terry Keller (Director, New York Botanical Gardens' Bronx Green-Up Program): Greening of the Big Apple; Peter Berg (director of Planet Drum Foundation, San Francisco):
A Green City Program with a Bioregional Perspective: Developing the San Francisco Green City Plan

ECOLOGY

308 pages

Paperback ISBN: 0-921689-54-3 $19.99
Hardcover ISBN: 0-921689-55-1 $48.99