Urban Jungle: The History and Future of Nature in the City

In this exhilarating look at cities, past and future, Ben Wilson proposes that, in our world of rising seas and threatening weather, the natural world may prove the city's savior. Since the beginning of civilization, humans have built cities to wall nature out, then glorified it in beloved but quite artificial parks. In Urban Jungle, Wilson looks at the fraught relationship between nature and the city for clues to how the planet can survive in an age of climate crisis. He explores efforts to rewild the city and envisions green, self-sustaining urban ecosystems that thrive amidst concrete and steel.