Eric W. Sanderson
Appearance
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Eric W. Sanderson, a landscape ecologist and Vice President for Urban Conservation Strategy at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, director of the Mannahatta Project and the author of Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City.[1][2][3] In 2013 Sanderson's book Terra Nova: The New World After Oil, Cars, and Suburbs was published.[4][5]
Sanderson earned his B.A.S. and Ph.D. in ecology from the University of California, Davis. He was Senior Conservation Ecologist at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) where he worked from 1998 to 2023 when he joined the New York Botanical Garden.[6] As part of his work at WCS, Sanderson was the chief author, researcher, and director of the Mannahatta Project.[7]
Publications
[edit]- Sanderson, Eric W. and Markley Boyer (Illustrator) (2009). Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City Abrams Books. ISBN 0810996332 [8]
- Wilks, Barbara, Eric W. Sanderson, and Michael Sorkin (2013). Structuring Confluence: The Work of W Architecture & Landscape Architecture. ORO Editions. ISBN 9781941806128 [9]
References
[edit]- ^ Manhattan: An Island Always Diverse, Edward Rothstein, New York Times, July 3, 2009 [1]
- ^ Urban Tactics; I'll Take Mannahatta, By Marguerite Holloway, New York Times, May 16, 2004
- ^ Nick Paumgarten, Our Local Correspondents, "The Mannahatta Project," The New Yorker, October 1, 2007, p. 44.
- ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: Terra Nova: The New World After Oil, Cars, and Suburbs by Eric W. Sanderson. Abrams, $32.50 (352p) ISBN 978-1-4197-0434-5".
- ^ Sanderson, Eric W. "Terra Nova: The New World After Oil, Cars, and Suburbs". Bookverdict.com. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ^ "Eric Sanderson".
- ^ Kimmelman, Michael (2020-05-13). "When Manhattan Was Mannahatta: A Stroll Through the Centuries". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ Sanderson, Eric W. (2009). Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City. Abrams. ISBN 978-0810996335.
- ^ Wilks, Barbara; Sanderson, Eric; Sorkin, Michael (2013). Structuring Confluence. ORO Editions. ISBN 9781941806128.