Timothy Beatley is the Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities, in the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning, School of Architecture at the University of Virginia, where he has taught for more than 30 years.JD Brown is an attorney and planner, is the Program Director for Biophilic Cities at the University of Virginia, where he collaborates with partners in cities around the world to shape innovative policy and practice to plan and design cities that nurture abundant, biodiverse, and equitably accessible nature.

• 1. Introduction: The Role of Nature in the Pandemic City 2. Reconnecting with Nature: How the Pandemic Reinvented Streets, Parks, and Public and Quasi-Public Spaces 3.Tree City: Forest Urbanism in the Time of Pandemic 4. Wild Nature in the Pandemic City 5. Nature and Equitable Health 6. Community Nature Spaces 7. A Sustaining Urban Nature Economy 8.Urban Nature After the Pandemic: Conclusions and Future Directions

Timothy Beatley is the Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities, in the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning, School of Architecture at the University of Virginia, where he has taught for more than 30 years.JD Brown is an attorney and planner, is the Program Director for Biophilic Cities at the University of Virginia, where he collaborates with partners in cities around the world to shape innovative policy and practice to plan and design cities that nurture abundant, biodiverse, and equitably accessible nature.

• 1. Introduction: The Role of Nature in the Pandemic City 2. Reconnecting with Nature: How the Pandemic Reinvented Streets, Parks, and Public and Quasi-Public Spaces 3.Tree City: Forest Urbanism in the Time of Pandemic 4. Wild Nature in the Pandemic City 5. Nature and Equitable Health 6. Community Nature Spaces 7. A Sustaining Urban Nature Economy 8.Urban Nature After the Pandemic: Conclusions and Future Directions