Center Ecology Milwaukee Urban
Last week, I highlighted the connections between landscape, identity and history. I described some of the connections between our landscape and the ways in which we think about ourselves. I suggested that our landscape is part and parcel of our collective identity.
This week, I would like to introduce a new question: What is the impact of the increasing urbanization on these connections between landscape and identity? Is it possible that urbanization endangers that archaic bond with landscape? Is our connection with nature in crisis and is this crisis a reflection of the crisis of modern man?