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Table 1 The cultures of nature

From: Landscape architecture and novel ecosystems: ecological restoration in an expanded field

 

Kowarik’s four natures

Hunt’s three natures

Nature 1

Old wilderness

Wilderness

Nature 2

Traditional cultural landscape (including agriculture)

The agrarian landscape

Nature 3

Functional greenery (e.g., parks, street trees)

The garden

Nature 4

New wilderness (e.g., post-industrial sites, succession woodlands)

 
  1. As adapted from Kowarik (2005); As adapted from Hunt (2000).