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The vegetative stratum is a layer of existence that is inherent not only in plants. Here, I propose to look at how vegetative life – or, the vegetative mode of existence – affects cities. The vegetative mode of existence is not focused on activities, routines, achievements. Here appears a city that is not industrial or industrious. When the industrious city retreats, or falls apart, the vegetative stratum becomes visible. The vegetative city is a city without any central nervous system. I suggest the interpretation of the vegetative city as a hopeful manifestation of the urban that only takes place when the time is ripe.
Also here
A review of the Urban Interstices collection by Margarethe Kusenbach, published in The International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Volume 39, Issue 3, pages 651–653, May 2015:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-2427.12239/abstract
The review is by Ella Harris (U. of London) and has been recently published in Urban Research & Practice. Here it is.
Book available at : http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781472410016
Fulltext also here
A couple of reviews published in : Urban Research & Practice and IJURR