Urban Jungle
  • Published: 2 July 2024
  • ISBN: 9781529925005
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $30.00

Urban Jungle

Nature and the City from the Stone Age to the Climate Emergency

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13 Jun 2023
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2 Jul 2024
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An eye-opening and urgent re-examination of nature in our cities, from the Sunday Times bestselling winner of the Somerset Maugham Awards

Our modern-day cities might seem to represent our separation from the vitality of the natural world. Yet, as Ben Wilson reveals in this invigorating re-examination of urban landscapes across the globe, nature has always been at the heart of the city.

Moving from Los Angeles and Delhi to Singapore and Amsterdam, Wilson explores how the bond between humans and nature has oscillated throughout history, and shows that – in a time of climate crisis – a new approach to rewilding may prove to be the city’s saviour.
  • Published: 2 July 2024
  • ISBN: 9781529925005
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $30.00
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Ben Wilson

Ben Wilson is the author of five critically acclaimed books, including What Price Liberty?, for which he received the Somerset Maugham Award; the Sunday Times bestseller Empire of the Deep; and, most recently, Heyday: The Dawn of the Global Age. Born in London in 1980, he has worked in television, broadcast on the radio in several countries, and writes regularly for publications such as The Times, Daily Telegraph and Prospect. He lives in Suffolk, UK.

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