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A review by gj377
Islands of Abandonment: Life In The Post-Human Landscape by Cal Flyn
4.0
A really enjoyable and well-written book about what happens to the places people leave behind.
Cal Flyn travels to several different post-human landscapes - places that have been abandoned by people, whether through destructions man-made (nuclear disaster), or natural (volcanic), or by the end of a booming industry (mining in Scotland, manufacturing in Detroit). Here, she details the ways in which nature, the wild, are reclaiming these spaces, how they are trying to recover from the damage that's been wrought, mostly by human hands whether directly or indirectly.
It's a strangely optimistic book, despite the bleakness of many of the places depicted, but it hammers home that human-induced climate destructions is here, and it's real. These examples are all over the globe, and they're only going to get worse.
A book that will leave you thinking, and one that has only served to further my fascination with Chernobyl (see also Serhii Plokhy's book).
Cal Flyn travels to several different post-human landscapes - places that have been abandoned by people, whether through destructions man-made (nuclear disaster), or natural (volcanic), or by the end of a booming industry (mining in Scotland, manufacturing in Detroit). Here, she details the ways in which nature, the wild, are reclaiming these spaces, how they are trying to recover from the damage that's been wrought, mostly by human hands whether directly or indirectly.
It's a strangely optimistic book, despite the bleakness of many of the places depicted, but it hammers home that human-induced climate destructions is here, and it's real. These examples are all over the globe, and they're only going to get worse.
A book that will leave you thinking, and one that has only served to further my fascination with Chernobyl (see also Serhii Plokhy's book).