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      Dominique Ghiggi
      Edited by Dominique Ghiggi, the Chair Günther Vogt, Department of Architecture, ETH Zürich

      Tree Nurseries
      Cultivating the Urban Jungle

      Design: Integral Lars Müller
      2010 | English | 24 x 33 cm | 240 pages | 600 illustrations | softcover
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Exotic trees in England and a rainforest in Zurich, a seed bank on the arctic island of Spitsbergen and urban agriculture in Tanzania, trade in old trees in China and biodiversity in Senegal. Tree Nursery. Cultivating the Urban Jungle uses the example of plant production throughout the world to demonstrate the manifold relationships that exist between human beings and nature.
Numerous essays and detailed accounts examine current phenomena like desertification in the Sahel, greening projects in Shanghai and the genesis of rooftop gardens in London. Travelogues from Europe, Africa and Asia consider the role played by a range of economic and historical factors in the significant influence that tree nurseries have come to exercise on urban planning and landscape architecture.

イギリスのエキゾチックな木々、チューリッヒの熱帯雨林、北極スピッツベルゲン島の種子バンク、そしてタンザニアの都市農業など、本書『Tree Nursery. Cultivating the Urban Jungle』は、世界の植物生産事情を用いて、人類と自然の間にある多面的関係を実証する。
エッセイや詳細説明により、サヘル地区の砂漠化、上海の緑化プロジェクト、ロンドンの屋上庭園の発端など現行の現象解明を試み、またヨーロッパ、アフリカ、アジアへの旅行談では、都市プランニングや環境建築において木の育成が果たした様々な経済的、歴史的要因の多大なる影響を考察する。
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