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[edit] Urban wilderness

I've added merge tags between this article and Urban wilderness, which has recently been tagged original research. So if there's nothing that can be verified in that article, it should be a redirect instead. Whitejay²⁵¹ 07:21, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Agree; there doesn't seem to be much useful content there - MPF 11:10, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, I put the tag on it. I was saying that it needs citations. The concept exists, but it depends on a particular interpretation of the meaning of "wilderness." All I am requesting is that that be backed up by appropriate references. The concept is broader than "urban forestry," so I think it would be difficult to merge and I'm not in favor of that. Sunray 22:18, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

As a long time arborist, I have never heard the term "Urban wilderness." Urban wilderness, and urban forestry, as described, definitely overlap, but UF doesn't limit species to natives, or necessarily encourage reversion of developed sites to a natural state. UW advocates should develop and document their article and show its relationship to the other disciplines of UF, Arboriculture, and landscape architecture. pechaney 9/12/2006.

I'm entirely against a merger. Urban Forestry in short relates to the planting of trees in an urban environment. The Urban Wilderness movement however doesn't want to stop at planting isolated trees, but advocates far-reaching integration of wilderness into the urban environment; this includes green (gras) roofs, wilderness-viaducts (is that a valid english term?) and continuous strips of green into the city. The article does need work, but the movement, of which I personally am a proponent, is relatively new (though rooted in similar older movements such as garden cities). All in all, although they share most of their goals, their methods differ, in that UF is only an element of UW; hence a merger seems not in order. Egregius 12:10, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, I'm convinced. I'll remove the tags momentarily. Whitejay²⁵¹ 06:26, 15 February 2007 (UTC)