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Living with yards : negotiating nature and the habits of home / Ursula Lang.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Lang, Ursula, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Sociologie urbaine.
City and town life.
Sociology, Urban.
Urban ecological design.
Urban ecology (Sociology).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations.
Place of Publication:
Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]
Summary:
As urban life is reimagined for greater sustainability, resilience, and adaptation, Living with Yards explores the possibilities of how we can coexist with our urban habitats. By conducting in-depth visits to more than forty yards and sharing her results, Lang provokes us to think about what else these realms of daily life might become.
Contents:
Cover
LIVING WITH YARDS
Title
Copyright
Dedication
CONTENTS
PROLOGUE What Yards Do
INTRODUCTION Living with Yards
1 Building Urban Habitats
2 Rhythms of Inhabitation
3 Chasing Yard Affects
4 Practising Property and Life in Common
CONCLUSIONS Yard Futures
Acknowledgments
Figures
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Other Format:
Print version: Lang, Ursula Living with Yards
ISBN:
0-2280-0977-4
OCLC:
1264414888

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