Islands of abandonment : life in the post-human landscape / Cal Flyn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flyn, Cal, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Restoration ecology.

Extinct cities.

Human ecology.

Nature--Effect of human beings on.

Nature.

Physical Description:

376 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : William Collins, 2021.

Summary:

As if Annie Dillard walked into THE WORLD WITHOUT US: a beautiful, lyrical exploration of the places where nature is flourishing in our absence Some of the only truly feral cattle in the world wander a long-abandoned island off the northernmost tip of Scotland. A variety of wildlife not seen in many lifetimes has rebounded on the irradiated grounds of Chernobyl. A lush forest supports thousands of species that are extinct or endangered everywhere else on earth in the Korean peninsula's narrow DMZ. Cal Flyn, an investigative journalist, exceptional nature writer, and promising new literary voice visits the eeriest and most desolate places on Earth that due to war, disaster, disease, or economic decay, have been abandoned by humans. What she finds every time is an "island" of teeming new life: nature has rushed in to fill the void faster and more thoroughly than even the most hopeful projections of scientists. ISLANDS OF ABANDONMENT is a tour through these new ecosystems, in all their glory, as sites of unexpected environmental significance, where the natural world has reasserted its wild power and promise. And while it doesn't let us off the hook for addressing environmental degradation and climate change, it's a case that hope is far from lost, and is ultimately a story of redemption. The most polluted spots on Earth can be rehabilitated through ecological processes, and in fact they already are.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE IN ABSENTIA

1. The Waste Land: The Five Sisters, West Lothian, Scotland

2. No Man's Land: The Buffer Zone, Cyprus

3. Old Fields: Harju, Estonia

4. Nuclear Winter: Chernobyl, Ukraine

pt. TWO THOSE WHO REMAIN

5. The Blight: Detroit, Michigan, United States

6. Days of Anarchy: Paterson, New Jersey, United States

pt. THREE THE LONG SHADOW

7. Unnatural Selection: Arthur Kill, Staten Island, United States

8. Forbidden Forest: Zone Rouge, Verdun, France

9. Alien Invasion: Amani, Tanzania

10. The Trip to Rose Cottage: Swona, Scotland

pt. FOUR ENDGAME

11. Revelation: Plymouth, Montserrat

12. The Deluge and the Desert: Salton Sea, California, United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780008329761

0008329761

000832977X

9780008329778

OCLC:

1222799221

Publisher Number:

99987741489