Secret abode of fireflies : loving and losing spaces of nature in the city
Singh, Nanni Ed.
Secret abode of fireflies : loving and losing spaces of nature in the city - New Delhi Youthreach - 369p.
CONTETNS Introduction Treesong Nanni Singh 6 Sacred Wilderness Nanni Singh 8 Invocation Uday Khemka 14 Under its Shade RaviAgarwal 18 Green Cities Bogota, Columbia 52 Barcelona, Spain 178 Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador 232 Urban Planning Building an Ugly India GautamBhatia 24 Stopping Sprawl Done/to Meadows 36 Natural Philosophy In Conversation with Ravi Khanna 44 Natural Spaces in Cities In Conversation with RaviAgarwal 60 Progress and Nostalgia In Conversation with Narayani Gupta 82 VilayatiKikar and the Ridge Dr. C.R. Babu 92 Urban Space and Identity BrindaSomaya 122 Development Versus Environment Rupin Dang 128 The Nature of Cities Snehanshu Mukherjee 184 The Effluent Society Gautam Bhatia 206 French Fries Franchise Prof. KJ.Ravindran 284 Protecting City Trees In Conversation with Subhash Chandra ?94 Conservation and Governance In Conversation with Sudhir Vohra 302 Five Gardens Bachi Karkaria 308 Conserving Heritage Dr.PriyaleenSingh 312 Creative Writing A Wilderness in New Delhi RuskinBond 88 A Culture of Trees Gita Mehta 102 Scented are its Nights AneesJung 112 Bird Battles BulbulSharma 136 Sea View JanhaviAcharekar 192 Some of My Favourite Flowering Trees Nimret Hondo 218 Growing Up in the Old House Sachet Malhotra 298 Where Have All the Bees Gone? SathyaSaran 322 Celebration of the Tree Anadish Pal 344 Wilderness Walks Aravalli Biodiversity Park 56 Mangarbani 118 Yamuna Biodiversity Park 170 Asola Wildlife Sanctuary 252 Rani Bagh 270 Northern Ridge 290 Activism Whose Road is it Anyway? Divya Ravindranath 68 Saving the Revered Peepul Tree Anadish Pal 76 Beautification Versus Trees Dr. Nilesh Baxi 142 Foresters without Diplomas In Conversation with Wangari Muta Maathai 148 Nature has Rights too Vikram Soni & Sanjay Parikh 158 Saving Mangarbani Tykee Malhotra 238 The Myth of Compensatory Plantation Dr. Prabhakar Rao 248 Saving Biodiversity Tasneem Balasinorwala 2B4 Blueprint for'Greening'Chennai Rajesh Rangarajan 278 God Save the Queen Katie Bagli 336 The Tree Woman Suzi Gablik 340 Spirit Communion A Meditation 12 mmm In Defence of Wilderness lan Player 164 What is Education For? David On 198 The Challenge of OurTime FritjofCapra 212 Your are, Therefore I am Satish Kumar 224 NallurTamarind Grove Dr.V. Bhaskar 228 Under the Banyan Tree Devdutt Pattnaik 242 The Fading Rainbow John Freehan 258 Free Nature In Conversation with Bill Devall 316 The Working Trees of Delhi Salil Chaturvedi 324 Restoring the Earth Alan Watson Featherstone 330 Poetry Urbanity Gopika Nath 34 MyTree Ruhi Deal 110 The Memory of Trees Rekha Bajpe Aggarwal 156 Trees K.Satchidanandan 176 Peepul Tree Manjul Bajaj 190 Silent Birth Ruskin Bond ' 222 Granny's Tree-Climbing Ruskin Bond 268 On Killing a Tree Gieve Patel 352 Conclusion Fight for Survival Uday Khemka 348 Threats To Trees 354 What You Can Do 357 About Youthreach 360 Environment Organisations 364 List of Films 366 Our Gratitude 368
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Secret abode of fireflies : loving and losing spaces of nature in the city - New Delhi Youthreach - 369p.
CONTETNS Introduction Treesong Nanni Singh 6 Sacred Wilderness Nanni Singh 8 Invocation Uday Khemka 14 Under its Shade RaviAgarwal 18 Green Cities Bogota, Columbia 52 Barcelona, Spain 178 Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador 232 Urban Planning Building an Ugly India GautamBhatia 24 Stopping Sprawl Done/to Meadows 36 Natural Philosophy In Conversation with Ravi Khanna 44 Natural Spaces in Cities In Conversation with RaviAgarwal 60 Progress and Nostalgia In Conversation with Narayani Gupta 82 VilayatiKikar and the Ridge Dr. C.R. Babu 92 Urban Space and Identity BrindaSomaya 122 Development Versus Environment Rupin Dang 128 The Nature of Cities Snehanshu Mukherjee 184 The Effluent Society Gautam Bhatia 206 French Fries Franchise Prof. KJ.Ravindran 284 Protecting City Trees In Conversation with Subhash Chandra ?94 Conservation and Governance In Conversation with Sudhir Vohra 302 Five Gardens Bachi Karkaria 308 Conserving Heritage Dr.PriyaleenSingh 312 Creative Writing A Wilderness in New Delhi RuskinBond 88 A Culture of Trees Gita Mehta 102 Scented are its Nights AneesJung 112 Bird Battles BulbulSharma 136 Sea View JanhaviAcharekar 192 Some of My Favourite Flowering Trees Nimret Hondo 218 Growing Up in the Old House Sachet Malhotra 298 Where Have All the Bees Gone? SathyaSaran 322 Celebration of the Tree Anadish Pal 344 Wilderness Walks Aravalli Biodiversity Park 56 Mangarbani 118 Yamuna Biodiversity Park 170 Asola Wildlife Sanctuary 252 Rani Bagh 270 Northern Ridge 290 Activism Whose Road is it Anyway? Divya Ravindranath 68 Saving the Revered Peepul Tree Anadish Pal 76 Beautification Versus Trees Dr. Nilesh Baxi 142 Foresters without Diplomas In Conversation with Wangari Muta Maathai 148 Nature has Rights too Vikram Soni & Sanjay Parikh 158 Saving Mangarbani Tykee Malhotra 238 The Myth of Compensatory Plantation Dr. Prabhakar Rao 248 Saving Biodiversity Tasneem Balasinorwala 2B4 Blueprint for'Greening'Chennai Rajesh Rangarajan 278 God Save the Queen Katie Bagli 336 The Tree Woman Suzi Gablik 340 Spirit Communion A Meditation 12 mmm In Defence of Wilderness lan Player 164 What is Education For? David On 198 The Challenge of OurTime FritjofCapra 212 Your are, Therefore I am Satish Kumar 224 NallurTamarind Grove Dr.V. Bhaskar 228 Under the Banyan Tree Devdutt Pattnaik 242 The Fading Rainbow John Freehan 258 Free Nature In Conversation with Bill Devall 316 The Working Trees of Delhi Salil Chaturvedi 324 Restoring the Earth Alan Watson Featherstone 330 Poetry Urbanity Gopika Nath 34 MyTree Ruhi Deal 110 The Memory of Trees Rekha Bajpe Aggarwal 156 Trees K.Satchidanandan 176 Peepul Tree Manjul Bajaj 190 Silent Birth Ruskin Bond ' 222 Granny's Tree-Climbing Ruskin Bond 268 On Killing a Tree Gieve Patel 352 Conclusion Fight for Survival Uday Khemka 348 Threats To Trees 354 What You Can Do 357 About Youthreach 360 Environment Organisations 364 List of Films 366 Our Gratitude 368
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