| Contents |
Introduction : juxtaposing urban forestry and agriculture in the PlaNYC era -- Greening New York City : political economic context and environmental stewardship from 1970 to the present -- Creating PlaNYC : the politics of urban sustainability planning -- City of forests : planting one million trees -- Beyond planting : creating an urban forestry movement -- Growing in the city : from community gardening to urban agriculture -- City of farms : cultivating urban agriculture through food policy visions and plans -- Constructing the "greener, greater" city : politics, discourses, and material practices -- City as ecosystem : changing form, function, and governance of urban socio-nature -- Epilogue : from Bloomberg to de Blasio and beyond. |
| Summary |
City of Forests, City of Farms is a history of recent urban forestry and agriculture policy and programs in New York City. Centered on the 2007 initiative PlaNYC, this account tracks the development of policies that increased sustainability efforts in the city and dedicated more than $400 million dollars to trees via the MillionTreesNYC campaign. Lindsay K. Campbell uses PlaNYC to consider how and why nature is constructed in New York City. Campbell regards sustainability planning as a process that unfolds through the strategic interplay of actors, the deployment of different narrative frames, and the mobilizing and manipulation of the physical environment, which affects nonhuman animals and plants as well as the city's residents. Campbell zeroes in on a core omission in PlaNYC?s original conception and funding: Despite NYC having a long tradition of community gardening, particularly since the fiscal crisis of the 1970s, the plan contained no mention of community gardens or urban farms. Campbell charts the change of course that resulted from burgeoning public interest in urban agriculture and local food systems. She shows how civic groups and elected officials crafted a series of visions and plans for local food systems that informed the 2011 update to PlaNYC. City of Forests, City of Farms is a valuable tool that allows us to understand and disentangle the political decisions, popular narratives, and physical practices that shape city greening in New York City and elsewhere. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-264) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Campbell, Lindsay K. City of forests, city of farms. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017 9781501714702 |
| LCCN | 2017016806 |
| ISBN | 9781501707506 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
| ISBN | 1501707507 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
