Landscape and the Ideology of Nature in Exurbia

Green Sprawl

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Human Geography, Sociology, Science & Nature, Nature
Cover of the book Landscape and the Ideology of Nature in Exurbia by , Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781136193842
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: May 7, 2013
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781136193842
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: May 7, 2013
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This book explores the role of the ideology of nature in producing urban and exurban sprawl. It examines the ironies of residential development on the metropolitan fringe, where the search for “nature” brings residents deeper into the world from which they are imagining their escape—of Federal Express, technologically mediated communications, global supply chains, and the anonymity of the global marketplace—and where many of the central features of exurbia—very low-density residential land use, monster homes, and conversion of forested or rural land for housing—contribute to the very problems that the social and environmental aesthetic of exurbia attempts to avoid. The volume shows how this contradiction—to live in the green landscape, and to protect the green landscape from urbanization—gets caught up and represented in the ideology of nature, and how this ideology, in turn, constitutes and is constituted by the landscapes being urbanized.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This book explores the role of the ideology of nature in producing urban and exurban sprawl. It examines the ironies of residential development on the metropolitan fringe, where the search for “nature” brings residents deeper into the world from which they are imagining their escape—of Federal Express, technologically mediated communications, global supply chains, and the anonymity of the global marketplace—and where many of the central features of exurbia—very low-density residential land use, monster homes, and conversion of forested or rural land for housing—contribute to the very problems that the social and environmental aesthetic of exurbia attempts to avoid. The volume shows how this contradiction—to live in the green landscape, and to protect the green landscape from urbanization—gets caught up and represented in the ideology of nature, and how this ideology, in turn, constitutes and is constituted by the landscapes being urbanized.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Landscapes at Risk? by
Cover of the book Syllable-Based Generalizations in English Phonology by
Cover of the book Everybody's America by
Cover of the book Color Matters by
Cover of the book Language and Image in the Reading-Writing Classroom by
Cover of the book The Social Purposes of Education by
Cover of the book The International Guide to Securities Market Indices by
Cover of the book Leadership Can Be Learned by
Cover of the book The Content Of Science: A Constructivist Approach To Its Teaching And learning by
Cover of the book Consolidation Policies in Federal States by
Cover of the book Soft Power Politics - Football and Baseball on the Western Pacific Rim by
Cover of the book International Actors, Democratization and the Rule of Law by
Cover of the book Contemporary Spanish Politics by
Cover of the book An Economic History of Sweden by
Cover of the book Loss and Bereavement in Childbearing by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy