Off track, in nature: Constructing ecology on old rail lines in Paris and New York

Nature and Culture

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 316-337

  Foster, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration; Political ecology; Railways; Urban design; Urban nature

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ESTHETICS; GREENSPACE; RAILWAY; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN REGION;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; PARIS; UNITED STATES; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 85044882934     PISSN: 15586073     EISSN: 15585468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/nc.2010.050306     Document Type: Article

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