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Moving from the rolling hills of Dorset to the peaks of the Scottish Highlands, this is an exquisite and compelling book, written by Anna Pavord with zest, passion and deep understanding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRangey, deeply felt and sometimes luminous\u003c\/b\u003e  ... Like the raking light that exposes ancient lynchets at sunset, such knowledge brings out new detail in the one particular view over a gate which Pavord has loved in all seasons, and which she now evokes for us as it changes through a full year. From the vantage point of this ending, I look back and find that the mixed landscape of the whole book is cast in a very beautiful light -- Alexandra Harris * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntensely enjoyable \u003c\/b\u003e… Anna Pavord is \u003cb\u003ea beautiful writer who feels her subject deeply \u003c\/b\u003eand with a lifetime’s enjoyment and understanding -- Lucy Lethbridge * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eA\u003cb\u003e lyrical \u003c\/b\u003edefence of our landscape, its language, and its freedom from meddling by various agencies ... \u003cb\u003ea real pleasure\u003c\/b\u003e * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eThe whole book reads like a conversation at some fantasy dinner party where all the guests are impeccably informed, fervently opinionated, gently witty and incurably passionate about the countryside. It darts from topic to topic, century to century, painter to ploughman, mountain to meadow, like some mercurially active salmon making its way up the Dart or the Dee. Yet miraculously – or, more likely, thanks to Pavord’s beautifully descriptive but never indulgent prose – it all hangs together. You can read the whole book in less time than it takes to go up and down Ben Nevis, and feel that you have bagged not just the king of Munros but the rural delights of an entire kingdom … Landskipping, however, is not some environmental rant. Pavord still sees plenty to celebrate about the British landscape, and plenty to send a delicious shiver up the spine as well * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eHer eye can catch the colouring of a distant hill, the move of sun across a contour and the run of sheep into a dark \u003ci\u003ecwm\u003c\/i\u003e. S\u003cb\u003ehe can talk to rooks in the treetops and smell flowers in a hedgerow\u003c\/b\u003e. 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This book explores one of those alternative models  the green wedge', showing how this offers a successful model for integrating urban development and nature in existing and new towns and cities around the world. Green wedges, considered here as ducts of green space running from the countryside into the centre of a city or town, are not only making a comeback in urban planning, but they have a deeper history in the twentieth century than many expect  a history that provides valuable insight and lessons in the employment of networked green spaces in city design and regiona\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreen Wedge Urbanism\u003c\/i\u003e provides an original and potentially impactful contribution to urban theory, history and practice. 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It will be useful for environmental and regional planners, particularly those with an interest in planning history or theory.  . . . Appropriate for graduate-level courses. * Journal of Planning Education and Research *\u003cbr\u003eThe book provides new, scientifically sound information on the design of green corridors in numerous cities, past and present. . . . 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Sarah Kanouse, \"Critical Daytrips: Tourism and Land-based Practice\"    Short entries on individual artworks:   4. Ursula Biemann, Sahara Chronicle (2006-9)   5. Kirsten Swenson, on Francis Alys, When Faith Moves Mountains (2002)   6. Amy Balkin, An Archive of Melting and Sinking (2012-)   7. Ruth Erickson, on the Otilith Group, The Radiant (2012)   8. Edgar Arceneaux \u0026amp; Julian Myers-Szupinska, Mirror Travel in the Motor City (2005-)    II. Land Claims: Space and Subjectivity   9. Julia Bryan-Wilson, \"Aftermath: Two Queer Artists Respond to Nuclear Spaces\"   10. Jeannine Tang, \"Look Again: Subjectivity, Sovereignty, and Andrea Geyer's Spiral Lands\"   11. Kelly C. Baum, \"Earth Keeping, Earth Shaking\"    Short entries on individual artworks:   12. Nuit Banai, on Sigalit Landau, DeadSee (2005)   13. Yazan Khalil, What is a Photograph? (2013)    14. Aaron Bobrow-Strain, on Allora \u0026amp; Calzadilla, Land Mark (footprints) (2001-2)   15. 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urban tree pathology, 58\u003cbr\u003eRolf Kehr\u003cbr\u003e6.1 Definitions, terms and concepts, 58\u003cbr\u003e6.2 Abiotic damage and disorders, 59\u003cbr\u003e6.3 Virus diseases, 61\u003cbr\u003e6.4 Diseases caused by bacteria and other prokaryotes, 61\u003cbr\u003e6.5 Diseases caused by oomycetes, 64\u003cbr\u003e6.6 Fungal diseases, 65\u003cbr\u003e6.6.1 Systemic fungal infections, 65\u003cbr\u003e6.6.2 Leaf and needle diseases, 67\u003cbr\u003e6.6.3 Shoot and stem diseases and cankers, 68\u003cbr\u003e6.6.4 Rust diseases, 70\u003cbr\u003e6.6.5 Root diseases, 70\u003cbr\u003e6.6.6 Wood decay, 71\u003cbr\u003e6.7 Parasitic plants, 72\u003cbr\u003e6.8 Plant]parasitic nematodes and insect pests, 73\u003cbr\u003e6.9 Damage by herbivorous mammals, 76\u003cbr\u003e6.10 Impact of introduced pests and diseases, 76\u003cbr\u003e6.11 Aspects of control methods for pests and diseases of urban trees, 76\u003cbr\u003e6.12 Conclusions, 77\u003cbr\u003eReferences, 77\u003cbr\u003e7 Vitality 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collar, 96\u003cbr\u003e8.3.2 Hazard beams, 97\u003cbr\u003e8.3.3 Bottle butts, 98\u003cbr\u003e8.3.4 Forked trees, 98\u003cbr\u003e8.3.5 Nose]like ribs on forked trees, 99\u003cbr\u003e8.3.6 Sunburn, 99\u003cbr\u003e8.3.7 Stem crack, 100\u003cbr\u003e8.3.8 Longitudinal splitting, 100\u003cbr\u003e8.3.9 Knobs and nodules, 100\u003cbr\u003e8.3.10 Bark stripes on ribs, 102\u003cbr\u003e8.3.11 Supply shadow, 103\u003cbr\u003e8.3.12 Elephant’s foot, 103\u003cbr\u003e8.3.13 Hollow trunks, 104\u003cbr\u003e8.3.14 Crown\/root relationship, 104\u003cbr\u003e8.3.15 Root symphysis, 105\u003cbr\u003e8.3.16 Tension roots on slopes, 105\u003cbr\u003e8.3.17 Covered root collars, 106\u003cbr\u003e8.3.18 Root collar strangling, 107\u003cbr\u003e8.3.19 Sealing of the root area, 107\u003cbr\u003e8.3.20 Inner roots, 108\u003cbr\u003e8.3.21 Adventitious roots, 108\u003cbr\u003e8.4 Conclusions, 109\u003cbr\u003eReferences, 110\u003cbr\u003e9 Tree inventory, risk assessment and management, 111\u003cbr\u003eSteffen Rust\u003cbr\u003e9.1 Introduction, 111\u003cbr\u003e9.2 Tree inventory, 112\u003cbr\u003e9.2.1 Inventory parameters, 112\u003cbr\u003e9.2.2 Technology, 112\u003cbr\u003e9.3 Tree risk assessment, 113\u003cbr\u003e9.3.1 Terms and concepts, 113\u003cbr\u003e9.3.2 Visual assessment, 115\u003cbr\u003e9.3.3 Advanced assessment, 122\u003cbr\u003e9.3.4 Risk categorization and reporting, 130\u003cbr\u003e9.4 Conclusions, 132\u003cbr\u003eReferences, 132\u003cbr\u003e10 Tree preservation, maintenance and repair, 135\u003cbr\u003eSteffen Rust\u003cbr\u003e10.1 Introduction, 135\u003cbr\u003e10.2 Preserving existing trees during development, 135\u003cbr\u003e10.2.1 Tree constraints plan, 136\u003cbr\u003e10.2.2 Tree survey, 136\u003cbr\u003e10.2.3 Root protection area, 138\u003cbr\u003e10.2.4 Tree Protection Plan, 138\u003cbr\u003e10.2.5 Arboricultural method statement, 138\u003cbr\u003e10.2.6 Pre]development treatments, 139\u003cbr\u003e10.3 Maintenance of planted and established trees, 139\u003cbr\u003e10.3.1 Physical support, 139\u003cbr\u003e10.3.2 Protection against collisions, 143\u003cbr\u003e10.3.3 Solar radiation, 144\u003cbr\u003e10.3.4 Wound treatment, 144\u003cbr\u003e10.3.5 Water management, 144\u003cbr\u003e10.3.6 Mulching, 146\u003cbr\u003e10.3.7 Mycorrhizae, 148\u003cbr\u003e10.3.8 Soil compaction, 148\u003cbr\u003e10.3.9 De]icing salt, 150\u003cbr\u003e10.3.10 Pruning to mitigate risk, 150\u003cbr\u003e10.3.11 Ancient and veteran trees, 151\u003cbr\u003e10.3.12 Precautionary measures, 151\u003cbr\u003e10.4 Conclusions, 152\u003cbr\u003eReferences, 153\u003cbr\u003e11 Tree pruning: Methods and parameters, 154\u003cbr\u003eUlrich Pietzarka\u003cbr\u003e11.1 Introduction, 154\u003cbr\u003e11.2 Consequences of pruning, 154\u003cbr\u003e11.3 Important parameters, 157\u003cbr\u003e11.4 The pruning system, 160\u003cbr\u003e11.4.1 Palms, 162\u003cbr\u003e11.5 Intensity of pruning, 164\u003cbr\u003e11.6 Date of pruning, 165\u003cbr\u003e11.6.1 Reduction of assimilates and reserves, 166\u003cbr\u003e11.6.2 Species and nature conservation, 167\u003cbr\u003e11.6.3 Hazard of fungal infestation, 167\u003cbr\u003e11.6.4 Risk of sunburn, 167\u003cbr\u003e11.6.5 Severe frost, 167\u003cbr\u003e11.6.6 Visibility, 167\u003cbr\u003e11.7 Conclusion, 168\u003cbr\u003eReferences, 168\u003cbr\u003e12 Transplanting large trees, 169\u003cbr\u003eUlrich Pietzarka\u003cbr\u003e12.1 Introduction, 169\u003cbr\u003e12.2 Definitions, tasks, decisions, 169\u003cbr\u003e12.3 Preparation, 172\u003cbr\u003e12.4 Transplantation practices, 173\u003cbr\u003e12.5 Post]planting care, 175\u003cbr\u003e12.6 Conclusion, 175\u003cbr\u003eReferences, 175\u003cbr\u003e13 Dust and noise reduction, 177\u003cbr\u003eBritt Kniesel\u003cbr\u003e13.1 Dust, 177\u003cbr\u003e13.1.1 Dust definition and origins, 177\u003cbr\u003e13.1.2 Interaction between dust particles and vegetation, 177\u003cbr\u003e13.1.3 Planting design, 180\u003cbr\u003e13.2 Noise, 180\u003cbr\u003e13.2.1 Noise control, 180\u003cbr\u003e13.2.2 Noise attenuation by vegetation, 180\u003cbr\u003e13.2.3 Planting design, 182\u003cbr\u003e13.3 Conclusions, 183\u003cbr\u003eReferences, 183\u003cbr\u003e14 Invasive species, indigenous vs. alien dendroflora, 185\u003cbr\u003eMatthias Meyer\u003cbr\u003e14.1 Introduction, 185\u003cbr\u003e14.2 Floristic statuses – important definitions for urban dendroflora, 185\u003cbr\u003e14.2.1 “Indigenous” vs. “alien”, 186\u003cbr\u003e14.2.2 “Casual” and “naturalized” vs. “invasive”, 187\u003cbr\u003e14.3 Invasibility of habitats and invasiveness of dendroflora\u003cbr\u003ein urban landscapes, 188\u003cbr\u003e14.4 Arguments pro or contra “alien” woody species and risk assessment, 189\u003cbr\u003e14.5 The example of the tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima), 190\u003cbr\u003e14.6 Prevention and control measures against invasive woody\u003cbr\u003especies or tree weeds, 191\u003cbr\u003e14.7 Conclusions, 193\u003cbr\u003eReferences, 193\u003cbr\u003e15 Criteria for species selection: Development of a database for urban trees, 196\u003cbr\u003eSten Gillner, Mathias Hofmann, Andreas Tharang and Juliane Vogt\u003cbr\u003e15.1 Introduction, 196\u003cbr\u003e15.2 Species description, growth conditions, and risks related\u003cbr\u003eto species use, 198\u003cbr\u003e15.2.1 Data pool and nomenclature, 198\u003cbr\u003e15.2.2 Literature review and evaluation, 198\u003cbr\u003e15.2.3 Structure of the database, 199\u003cbr\u003e15.3 Urban Tree Location Categorization, 199\u003cbr\u003e15.3.1 Urban tree location types, 202\u003cbr\u003e15.3.2 Specific demographic groups, 204\u003cbr\u003e15.4 Psychological aspects of the database, 205\u003cbr\u003e15.4.1 User]based urban green space categorization, 205\u003cbr\u003e15.4.2 Tree perception and tree preferences, 206\u003cbr\u003e15.5 Application possibilities and limitation of use, 207\u003cbr\u003e15.6 Conclusions, 208\u003cbr\u003eReferences, 209\u003cbr\u003e16 Genetic aspects, 211\u003cbr\u003eDoris Krabel\u003cbr\u003e16.1 The problem of trees from a genetic point of view, 211\u003cbr\u003e16.2 Diversity, monoculture, variety and clones – some general comments, 214\u003cbr\u003e16.3 The risk of missing diversity, 215\u003cbr\u003e16.4 Genetic diversity as an element of design and planning in urban spaces, 217\u003cbr\u003e16.5 Conclusions, 219\u003cbr\u003eReferences, 219\u003cbr\u003e17 Governance in urban forestry, 221\u003cbr\u003eJürgen Pretzsch\u003cbr\u003e17.1 Introduction: challenges and need for action, 221\u003cbr\u003e17.2 Objectives and definitions, 221\u003cbr\u003e17.2.1 Objectives, 221\u003cbr\u003e17.2.2 Definitions, 222\u003cbr\u003e17.3 Diagnosis and conceptual framework, 222\u003cbr\u003e17.3.1 Socio]ecological co]evolution model for urban forestry, 222\u003cbr\u003e17.3.2 Historical development of urban forestry governance, 223\u003cbr\u003e17.3.3 Increasing complexity and paradigm change, 224\u003cbr\u003e17.3.4 Stakeholder analysis and differentiation in participant groups, 225\u003cbr\u003e17.3.5 Assessment by the livelihood framework, 226\u003cbr\u003e17.4 Governance models for urban forestry, 227\u003cbr\u003e17.4.1 Introduction to urban forestry governance models, 227\u003cbr\u003e17.4.2 Public administration: changing functions and diversification, 227\u003cbr\u003e17.4.3 Public]private partnerships, 228\u003cbr\u003e17.4.4 Governance based on private urban forestry, 228\u003cbr\u003e17.4.5 Donations, 228\u003cbr\u003e17.4.6 Allotment gardens, 228\u003cbr\u003e17.4.7 Neighborhood groups and collective gardening, 230\u003cbr\u003e17.5 Lessons learned for the future development of urban forestry, 230\u003cbr\u003e17.5.1 Paradigm change, 230\u003cbr\u003e17.5.2 Chances and limits of collective action in urban forestry, 231\u003cbr\u003e17.5.3 Exclusion and conflict management, 231\u003cbr\u003e17.5.4 Adaptive management, 231\u003cbr\u003e17.5.5 Forthcoming steps in practice and research, 232\u003cbr\u003e17.6 Conclusions, 232\u003cbr\u003eReferences, 234\u003cbr\u003e18 Allotment gardens and privately managed green\u003cbr\u003espace in urban environment, 236\u003cbr\u003eEckhard Auch\u003cbr\u003e18.1 Introduction, 236\u003cbr\u003e18.2 Some definitions, 236\u003cbr\u003e18.2.1 Green space as urban soft infrastructure, 236\u003cbr\u003e18.2.2 Urban gardening vs. urban horticulture, agriculture\u003cbr\u003eand agroforestry, 237\u003cbr\u003e18.3 Urban gardens, 237\u003cbr\u003e18.3.1 Generic types of urban gardens, 237\u003cbr\u003e18.3.2 Urban gardens in history, 238\u003cbr\u003e18.3.3 Urban gardens for the disadvantaged in the 20th Century, 239\u003cbr\u003e18.4 Function and benefits\/services of trees and gardens in urban contexts, 241\u003cbr\u003e18.5 Recent forms of urban gardening in the global North and global South, 242\u003cbr\u003e18.5.1 Factors facilitating the emergence, 242\u003cbr\u003e18.5.2 Newer urban garden forms (selection), 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