Planning for Street Trees and Human–Nature Relations: Lessons from 600 Years of Street Tree Planting in Paris
| Autor: | Lucie Laurian |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Planning History. 18:282-310 |
| ISSN: | 1552-6585 1538-5132 |
| Popis: | Planting rectilinear regularly spaced and low-diversity rows of trees along sidewalks is the dominant streetscaping practice in Western cities. Street trees provide shade, pleasant pedestrian environments, and ecological benefits. I interrogate the origin of this surprisingly stable practice by exploring the last 600 years of street tree planting in Paris. Paris’ iconic tree-lined boulevards have influenced streetscapes worldwide. This model of royal and imperial origins stems from, and reproduces, a complex mode of human–nature relations involving biophilia, the use of orderly nature as a symbolic commodity and, more recently, ecological stewardship. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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