urban nature
Parks amid skyscrapers
Urban nature is the plants, animals, and natural elements found within cities and developed areas—street trees, park wildlife, weedy lots, birds nesting on buildings.
The term frames these as genuine nature rather than degraded remnants: The city launched an urban nature initiative to connect residents with green spaces.
It emphasizes that meaningful encounters with the natural world can happen amid concrete and traffic.
- weedsUnwanted wild plants
- parksPublic recreation grounds
- pocket parksTiny urban green spaces
- green spacesOutdoor vegetated public areas
- rooftop gardensPlants grown on buildings
botanical gardens · feral pigeons · community gardens · street trees · greenways · birdwatching · arboretums · gardening · invasive species · pollinator gardens · native plants · picnicking · window boxes · green roofs · squirrels · heat islands · bird feeders · rewilding
- environmental psychologymental maps, cognitive maps, wayfinding, spatial perception, sense of place
urban natureremote wilderness
Distant, uninhabited natural area
backcountry · untouched wilderness · pristine wilderness · wilderness · untouched nature
urban naturebuilt environment
Human-created physical surroundings
concrete jungle · urban sprawl · hardscape · asphalt jungle · industrial landscape
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