Off Track, in Nature
Construction Ecology on Old Rail Lines in Paris and New York
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8127135 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer Foster (0000-0003-1574-7863, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 316-337 |
| Publication date | 2010-11-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nature and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1558-6073 • E-ISSN: 1558-5468 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/nc.2010.050306 |
| OpenAlex | W2328122533 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 7 |
This paper considers the transformation of two decommissioned rail lines, in Paris and New York City, into ecologically-oriented green space. Situating the restoration of these rail lines within dominant trajectories of urbanization helps to understand how ecological restoration projects may function as financial instruments that intensify experiences of social injustice. This paper considers how the design and aesthetics of New York's High Line and Paris' Sentier Nature construct ecologies that also produce environmental subjectivities, and how these spaces reflect uneven investment in nature across urban landscapes. While the two case studies are aesthetically distinct, they are both woven into existing global patterns of urban transformation, and their evolution from disused industrial space to public park shares an emotional attachment to safety that demands removal of threatening inhabitants
Architectural engineering · Environmental ethics · Function (biology · Public space · Restoration Ecology · Sociology · Track (disk drive · Urban ecology · Urbanization · Engineering · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Public Spaces through Art · Urban Green Space and Health · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |