Flora of urban wastelands.
The Presses of Reality| N° d'inventaire | 22927 |
| Format | 14 x 22 |
| Détails | 541 p., publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2017 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782378963644 |
This flora exposes the biodiversity of urban wastelands. It documents landscapes and vegetation; it invites us to recognize and name the 258 most common plants they shelter; it can act as a game; it leads to a new universe of meaning and knowledge. Wastelands are a world, a refuge. They provide shelter to a prodigious diversity of plant and animal species in an urban environment. Disused post-industrial zones, abandoned orchards, and derelict land along railways or waterways are spaces of sensory experiences of an unknown intensity. Jumping over the barriers that separate them, the stroller, the reader then plunges into a generous, exuberant, feverish nature. The city is nothing more than a rumor, a background noise.
This flora exposes the biodiversity of urban wastelands. It documents landscapes and vegetation; it invites us to recognize and name the 258 most common plants they shelter; it can act as a game; it leads to a new universe of meaning and knowledge. Wastelands are a world, a refuge. They provide shelter to a prodigious diversity of plant and animal species in an urban environment. Disused post-industrial zones, abandoned orchards, and derelict land along railways or waterways are spaces of sensory experiences of an unknown intensity. Jumping over the barriers that separate them, the stroller, the reader then plunges into a generous, exuberant, feverish nature. The city is nothing more than a rumor, a background noise.