Greening Berlin: The Co-Production of Science, Politics, and Urban Nature

Jens Lachmund is Lecturer in Science and Technology Studies at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.

" Greening Berlin is interesting, informative, well-structured, thoroughly researched. I was simply fascinated to see how Jens Lachmund assembled myriad (and often minute) details into a compelling story. This is a solid piece of scholarship and one most worthy of serious attention." -- Thomas F. Gieryn, Rudy Professor of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington " Greening Berlin will make a major contribution to STS, not only because it expands the horizon of this discipline by focusing on urban ecology, but also by offering methodological gains through engaging with environmental history. The case study -- urban ecology in Cold War West Berlin -- is aptly chosen, and the research is impressive." -- Thomas Zeller, Associate Professor, History Department, University of Maryland, College Park "In Greening Berlin, Jens Lachmund masterfully interweaves urban history, constructionist analysis, and social studies of science to produce a fascinating and insightful case study of a unique 'biotope-protection regime.' This book will undoubtedly help clear the theoretical gridlock over the 'nature-society divide' that has plagued environmental scholarship for far too long." -- John Hannigan, University of Toronto