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Planning for Street Trees and Human-Nature Relations: Lessons from 600 Years of Street Tree Planting in Paris.
- Source :
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Journal of Planning History . Nov2019, Vol. 18 Issue 4, p282-310. 29p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *URBAN trees
*TREE planting
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15385132
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Planning History
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 138515847
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1538513218820525