Gustavsson, Roland, author.

Woods go urban : landscape laboratories in Scandinavia / editors Anders Busse Nielsen, Lisa Diedrich, Catherine Szanto ; authors Roland Gustavsson, Anders Busse Nielsen, Björn Wiström, Allan Gunnarsson, Henrik Sjöman, Hanna Fors, Helena Mellqvist, Petra Thorpert, Anders Folkesson, Stefan Darlan Boris, Dana Hladíková, Jan Šesták.

[Wageningen, Netherlands?] : Blauwdruk Publishers ; [Sweden] : SLU (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences), [2023]
©2023

383 pages : illustrations, plans ; 25 cm

Trees are social beings, just like us humans. Most trees live together in forests, woodlands, or simply woods. We love the woods. We often say to one another, let's go to the woods. But what if it was the other way around? If the woods came to us, into our cities? This reflection might seem obscure. At a second glance however, it just might be the most logical and right thing to do. The urban forest of the future is growing in Sweden. More than thirty years ago, three landscape laboratories were created here to provide space for experiments with alternative forest development. An approach in which hands-on design is combined with creative management, interactive education and with research and resident participation. An innovative approach. In the urban forest of the future, design and maintenance flow together seamlessly. Unique insights bundled with practical and academically founded experiences. In the richly illustrated and academically founded book Woods go urban you can read everything there is to know about the design and development of these unique landscape labs. The book presents the ins and outs of the structural elements of the forest and will provide you with solid knowledge about it the meaning of creative management. In Woods go urban fourteen experienced landscape architects and urban planners share ? for the first time ? their knowledge and insights on the creation and management of the landscape laboratories in Scandinavia

9789492474650 (paperback)
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Urban forestry Scandinavia.
Trees in cities Scandinavia.
Forest landscape design Scandinavia.
Urban ecological design Scandinavia.
City planning Environmental aspects Scandinavia.
Sustainable living Scandinavia.
Foresterie urbaine Scandinavie.
Arbres dans les villes Scandinavie.
Écoconception urbaine Scandinavie.
Style de vie durable Scandinavie.
Urban forestry
Forest landscape design
Ecological landscape design
Scandinavia

Nielsen, Anders Busse, author, editor
Diedrich, Lisa, editor.
Szántó, Catherine, 1964- editor.
Wiström, Björn, author
Gunnarsson, Allan, author.
Sjöman, Henrik, author
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, issuing body.

Landscape laboratories in Scandinavia

Location: Library main 318408
Call No.: 318408
Copy: 1
Status: Available