Rewilding the Urban Frontier argues that the urban rivers of the United States might be one of the best opportunities for rewilding in the Anthropocene—that is, creating self-sustaining ecosystems capable of adapting to the rapid and cascading changes caused by human impacts.
Rewilding the Urban Frontier argues that the urban rivers of the United States might be one of the best opportunities for rewilding in the Anthropocene—that is, creating self-sustaining ecosystems capable of adapting to the rapid and cascading changes caused by human impacts.
Greg Gordon is a professor of environmental studies at Gonzaga University. He is the author of When Money Grew on Trees: A. B. Hammond and the Age of the Timber Baron and The Landscape of Desire: Identity and Nature in Utah’s Canyon Country.
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List of Illustrations Introduction. Origins Greg Gordon Part 1. Headwaters: Reconciling Personal, Cultural, and Ecological Trauma 1. Haunted Heidi Lasher 2. We Buried Our People along the River Margo Hill 3. Terms and Conditions Apply Greg Gordon Part 2. Tributaries: How City Rivers Make River Cities 4. Wild, Managed, and Reclaimed: An Environmental History of the San Antonio River Watershed Char Miller 5. From Floodplain to Kayak Park: Recreation, Restoration, and Economic Development along the Boise River Jennifer Stevens 6. Urban Ecology: Rewilding Rivers and Creating Outdoor Classrooms in Milwaukee Christian C. Young 7. The Lost River: The Revitalization of the Jordan River in the Salt Lake Valley Marian L. Rice Part 3. Convergence: Old Rivers, New Plumbing 8. Engineering Nature: Denver and the South Platte River Brian M. Murphy 9. Cyborg Salmon and Plumbed Basins: Ambivalence and Compromise on the Deschutes Kirsten Rudestam 10. Neon River: Rethinking Chicago Environmental History and Personhood in the Age of Humans Shawn Bailey Part 4. Delta: Rewilding’s Perils 11. A River Lament: New Creek and the People Who Loved It Near to Death Robert Bartlett 12. Restoration’s Dark Side: Gentrification and Daylighting the Saw Mill River in Yonkers, New York C. Ian Stevenson 13. Angling in the Anthropocene: Carp and the Making of Race on the Los Angeles River Bryan B. Rasmussen Contributors Index
List of Illustrations Introduction. Origins Greg Gordon Part 1. Headwaters: Reconciling Personal, Cultural, and Ecological Trauma 1. Haunted Heidi Lasher 2. We Buried Our People along the River Margo Hill 3. Terms and Conditions Apply Greg Gordon Part 2. Tributaries: How City Rivers Make River Cities 4. Wild, Managed, and Reclaimed: An Environmental History of the San Antonio River Watershed Char Miller 5. From Floodplain to Kayak Park: Recreation, Restoration, and Economic Development along the Boise River Jennifer Stevens 6. Urban Ecology: Rewilding Rivers and Creating Outdoor Classrooms in Milwaukee Christian C. Young 7. The Lost River: The Revitalization of the Jordan River in the Salt Lake Valley Marian L. Rice Part 3. Convergence: Old Rivers, New Plumbing 8. Engineering Nature: Denver and the South Platte River Brian M. Murphy 9. Cyborg Salmon and Plumbed Basins: Ambivalence and Compromise on the Deschutes Kirsten Rudestam 10. Neon River: Rethinking Chicago Environmental History and Personhood in the Age of Humans Shawn Bailey Part 4. Delta: Rewilding’s Perils 11. A River Lament: New Creek and the People Who Loved It Near to Death Robert Bartlett 12. Restoration’s Dark Side: Gentrification and Daylighting the Saw Mill River in Yonkers, New York C. Ian Stevenson 13. Angling in the Anthropocene: Carp and the Making of Race on the Los Angeles River Bryan B. Rasmussen Contributors Index
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