Crossings : how road ecology is shaping the future of our planet / Ben Goldfarb

By:

Goldfarb, Ben

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, NY W.W. Norton & Company 2023Description: x, 370 pages illustrations 24 cmISBN:

9781324005896

Subject(s):

Applied ecology

Contents:

Introduction: The wing of the swallow Part I: Killer on the road. And now the devil-wagon! ; The moving fence ; Hotel California ; In cold blood Part II: More than a road. Roads unmade ; The blab of the pave ; Life on the verge ; The necrobiome ; The lost frontier Part III: The roads ahead. The graciousness at the heart of creation ; Sentinel roads ; The tsunami ; Reparations Epilogue: The anthropause

Summary: "An eye-opening and witty account of the global ecological transformations wrought by roads, from an award-winning author. Some 40 million miles of roadways encircle the earth, but we tend to regard them only as infrastructure for human convenience. In Crossings, Ben Goldfarb delves into the new science of road ecology to explore how roads have transformed our world. Millions of animals are killed by cars each day in the US alone, and roads fragment wildlife populations into inbred clusters, disrupt migration for creatures from antelope to salmon, allow invasive plants to spread and even bend the arc of evolution itself. But road ecologists are also seeking innovative solutions: Goldfarb meets with conservationists building bridges for mountain lions and tunnels for toads, engineers deconstructing logging roads, and citizens working to undo the havoc highways have wreaked upon cities. A sweeping, spirited and timely investigation into how humans have altered the natural world, Crossings also shows us how to create a better future for all living beings" -- Provided by publisher.

List(s) this item appears in: IFP EC Acquisition List 2023

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	French Institute of Pondicherry	IFP Ecology collection	ECO 1161 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		EC12405

"Award-winning author of Eager"

Includes bibliographical references (p. [307-350) and index

Introduction: The wing of the swallow
Part I: Killer on the road. And now the devil-wagon! ; The moving fence ; Hotel California ; In cold blood
Part II: More than a road. Roads unmade ; The blab of the pave ; Life on the verge ; The necrobiome ; The lost frontier
Part III: The roads ahead. The graciousness at the heart of creation ; Sentinel roads ; The tsunami ; Reparations
Epilogue: The anthropause

"An eye-opening and witty account of the global ecological transformations wrought by roads, from an award-winning author. Some 40 million miles of roadways encircle the earth, but we tend to regard them only as infrastructure for human convenience. In Crossings, Ben Goldfarb delves into the new science of road ecology to explore how roads have transformed our world. Millions of animals are killed by cars each day in the US alone, and roads fragment wildlife populations into inbred clusters, disrupt migration for creatures from antelope to salmon, allow invasive plants to spread and even bend the arc of evolution itself. But road ecologists are also seeking innovative solutions: Goldfarb meets with conservationists building bridges for mountain lions and tunnels for toads, engineers deconstructing logging roads, and citizens working to undo the havoc highways have wreaked upon cities. A sweeping, spirited and timely investigation into how humans have altered the natural world, Crossings also shows us how to create a better future for all living beings" -- Provided by publisher.

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