Ethics and Politics of the Built Environment: Gardens of the Anthropocene (The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics Book 25)

"This book proposes and defends the practice of urban gardening as an ecologically and socially beneficial, culturally innovative, morally appropriate, ethically uplifting, and politically incisive way for individuals and variously networked collectives to contribute to a successful management of some defining challenges of the Anthropocene -- this new epoch in which no earthly place, form, entity, process, or system escapes the reach of human activity -- including urban resilience and climate change."-- Provided by publisher "This book proposes and defends the practice of urban gardening as an ecologically and socially beneficial, culturally innovative, morally appropriate, ethically uplifting, and politically incisive way for individuals and variously networked collectives to contribute to the promotion of urban resilience in the face of climate change and other defining challenges of the Anthropocene--this new epoch in which no earthly place, form, entity, process, or system escapes the reach of human activity."--Page 4 of cover Front Matter ....Pages i-x Gardens and the Anthropocene (Marcello Di Paola)....Pages 1-34 Gardens and Cities (Marcello Di Paola)....Pages 35-64 Gardens and Culture (Marcello Di Paola)....Pages 65-89 Gardens and Morals (Marcello Di Paola)....Pages 91-110 Gardens and Ethics (Marcello Di Paola)....Pages 111-134 Gardens and Politics (Marcello Di Paola)....Pages 135-161 Back Matter ....Pages 163-165