03048nam a22005415i 4500 978-981-97-7827-0 DE-He213 20251030113238.0 cr nn 008mamaa 241021s2024 si | s |||| 0|eng d 9789819778270 978-981-97-7827-0 10.1007/978-981-97-7827-0 doi E171-183.9 HBJK bicssc HIS036000 bisacsh NHK thema Hou, Shen. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 86367 Wallless Cities [electronic resource] : Cities and Nature in American History / by Shen Hou. 1st ed. 2024. Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XI, 357 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 1. Introduction: Expanding Cities and Shrinking Continents -- Part I. City Writing -- 2. Rewrite the History of Cities in Nature -- Part II. Growing Cities -- 3. Crowded, Poisoned and Beautiful -- 4. A City upon a Hill -- Part III. Expanding Cities -- 5. City without Borders -- 6. City of Sea of Grass -- Part IV. Ideological Landscape of Cities -- 7. City, Wilderness and Intermediate Landscape -- 8. City by the Bay. This book aims to outline the detailed process of integrating nature and cities in a historical context through the lens of urban environmental history, capturing how the most ordinary yet enduring natural forces have shaped the form of cities and the thoughts of individuals. It provides a detailed examination of the development trends, achievements, and existing issues in this field, and a profound understanding of the urgency and necessity of nurturing new ideas to guide cities out of their "ecological paradox". It also summarizes the formation and development, challenges, and missions of American cities centered around the core image of the "City Without Walls". Shen Hou is Professor in the Department of History at Peking University, Beijing, China. United States History. 67655 Cities and towns History. 68292 Urban ecology (Biology). 71430 Sociology, Urban. US History. 67657 Urban History. 68293 Urban Ecology. 71431 Urban Sociology. 69514 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9789819778263 Printed edition: 9789819778287 Printed edition: 9789819778294 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-7827-0 ZDB-2-HTY ZDB-2-SXH 64367 64367