Wild Cities

Discovering New Ways of Living in the Modern Urban Jungle

Chris Fitch

'Mind-shifting, heart-lifting' ISABELLA TREE

'Inspiring and essential' ALASTAIR HUMPHREYS

'As entertaining as it is enlightening' INDEPENDENT

The majority of the world now lives in some form of urban environment. But as the human footprint of brick, concrete and metal expands, our proximity to nature decreases. This is a problem; nature isn't a luxury, it's a necessity. And it's vital to our wellbeing.

From tiny urban forests in Tokyo and the star-rich skies of Flagstaff, to the meandering waters of Munich and prowling lions of Nairobi, this is a globe-spanning look at how to bring nature into the places we live – and how to create the wild cities of the future.

'Thought-provoking' GEOGRAPHICAL

'An excellent, meticulously researched book' COUNTRY LIFE

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright
• Note to Readers
• Dedication
• Contents
• Prologue
• 1 Tokyo, Japan The big city with little forests
• 2 Medellín, Colombia The city where everything is connected
• 3 Singapore The city with buildings covered in life
• 4 Tallinn, Estonia The sanctuary city for pollinators
• 5 Wellington, New Zealand The city where the birds came back
• 6 Nairobi, Kenya The city with space for big animals
• 7 Sydney, Australia The city where there’s life underwater
• 8 Munich, Germany The city with the free-flowing river
• 9 Barcelona, Spain The walking-friendly city
• 10 Copenhagen, Denmark The city with edible streets
• 11 Flagstaff, United States The city where night is protected
• 12 Paris, France The city where death creates life
• Epilogue
• Acknowledgements
• Endnotes
• Index
• About the Author
• About the Publisher