Crossings : how road ecology is shaping the future of our planet
by Goldfarb, Ben (Environmental journalist) (Author)
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 sci... Full description
- Introduction: The wing of the swallow
- Killer on the road. And now the devil-wagon! ; The moving fence ; Hotel California ; In cold blood
- More than a road. Roads unmade ; The blab of the pave ; Life on the verge ; The necrobiome ; The lost frontier
- The roads ahead. The graciousness at the heart of creation ; Sentinel roads ; The tsunami ; Reparations
- Epilogue: The anthropause.