JD Brown – författare

This book collects the many stories, experiences, and innovative policies and strategies by which cities and local governments have helped to facilitate and strengthen essential pandemic-era nature connections. It makes the central point that contact with nature and the outdoors was (and is) an essential element of a healthy, resilient city. Investing in wild nature and the many opportunities to experience and enjoy will be critical for cities in preparing for the next pandemic, as well as the many other crises and stressors, small and large, that cities will face.The book discusses in detail the many different spaces and places in cities where nature was discovered or rediscovered, from parks and urban forests to balconies and rooftops and stoops. From repurposing the physical spaces of the city to allow strolling, hiking, bicycling, and outdoor eating, to the ways the cities are beginning to address pandemic-induced unemployment through nature-based enterprises, the book provides an extensive collection and catalogue of the many different and unique things cities and local governments are doing. The authors explore how these nature connections (before and after the pandemic) have helped individuals, families, and communities to successfully respond to and weather the pandemic. And each chapter is forward-looking–what can the experiences of wild nature during the pandemic tell us about future urban planning and design, and can these experiences inspire and motivate us to protect, grow, and design-in more wild nature in cities?The book provides a view to the longer-term effects of the pandemic on the design of cities and how nature will figure into these trends and likely future changes. The book will be useful to policymakers, urban researchers, and citizens, as well as students and faculty.

This book collects the many stories, experiences, and innovative policies and strategies by which cities and local governments have helped to facilitate and strengthen essential pandemic-era nature connections. It makes the central point that contact with nature and the outdoors was (and is) an essential element of a healthy, resilient city. Investing in wild nature and the many opportunities to experience and enjoy will be critical for cities in preparing for the next pandemic, as well as the many other crises and stressors, small and large, that cities will face.The book discusses in detail the many different spaces and places in cities where nature was discovered or rediscovered, from parks and urban forests to balconies and rooftops and stoops. From repurposing the physical spaces of the city to allow strolling, hiking, bicycling, and outdoor eating, to the ways the cities are beginning to address pandemic-induced unemployment through nature-based enterprises, the book provides an extensive collection and catalogue of the many different and unique things cities and local governments are doing. The authors explore how these nature connections (before and after the pandemic) have helped individuals, families, and communities to successfully respond to and weather the pandemic. And each chapter is forward-looking-what can the experiences of wild nature during the pandemic tell us about future urban planning and design, and can these experiences inspire and motivate us to protect, grow, and design-in more wild nature in cities?The book provides a view to the longer-term effects of the pandemic on the design of cities and how nature will figure into these trends and likely future changes. The book will be useful to policymakers, urban researchers, and citizens, as well as students and faculty.

This book collects the many stories, experiences, and innovative policies and strategies by which cities and local governments have helped to facilitate and strengthen essential pandemic-era nature connections. It makes the central point that contact with nature and the outdoors was (and is) an essential element of a healthy, resilient city. Investing in wild nature and the many opportunities to experience and enjoy will be critical for cities in preparing for the next pandemic, as well as the many other crises and stressors, small and large, that cities will face.The book discusses in detail the many different spaces and places in cities where nature was discovered or rediscovered, from parks and urban forests to balconies and rooftops and stoops. From repurposing the physical spaces of the city to allow strolling, hiking, bicycling, and outdoor eating, to the ways the cities are beginning to address pandemic-induced unemployment through nature-based enterprises, the book provides an extensive collection and catalogue of the many different and unique things cities and local governments are doing. The authors explore how these nature connections (before and after the pandemic) have helped individuals, families, and communities to successfully respond to and weather the pandemic. And each chapter is forward-looking-what can the experiences of wild nature during the pandemic tell us about future urban planning and design, and can these experiences inspire and motivate us to protect, grow, and design-in more wild nature in cities?The book provides a view to the longer-term effects of the pandemic on the design of cities and how nature will figure into these trends and likely future changes. The book will be useful to policymakers, urban researchers, and citizens, as well as students and faculty.

Foster MacAults grandfather has been missing for over half a century. A missionary, he disappeared in the remote mountains of the Middle Kingdom, China. Case closeduntil Zee Yan, an attractive young Chinese woman, reaches out to Foster. Zeeclaims to have answers to the mystery of the missing grandfather; out of intense curiosity, Foster answers the call and arrives in unfamiliar territory, watched closely by unseen eyes.

Foster and Zee undertake a lengthy journey into the heart of the Middle Kingdom, searching for anyonewho might remember the missing missionary. As they continue their investigation side by side, Fosterbegins to feel attraction toward Zee. But theyre not alone; theyre being watched. The unseen eyes belong to Private Investigator Jack Sun, hired to keep an eye on themhired by a man with his own romantic feelings toward Zee.

In the Middle of the Middle Kingdom offers a thrilling mystery that strives to unravel a missing person report, as well as the intentions of the human heart. As Foster and Zee begin to make sense of his grandfathers fate, Jack Sun looms large. He is driven to separate Zee from the American man, as Fosters priorities in coming to China fall to pieces. Now only time will tell if theyll all get out of the mysterious mountains of the MiddleKingdom alive.

A legacy of horror, descending from American History, leads four innocent individuals to be caught in the monstrous middle. A pleasant summer day in Utah turns worrisome when a family discovers they are unable to leave their home due to a growing, concerning threat. The mountainside family, fully aware that the wildlife has vacated the mountain, hunkers down to wait out the night. When four hikers on the same mountain lose track of the day, they too quickly discover the same regional threat. In twelve short hours, life on the mountain will forever change. Narrated by Naomi Shane, Naomi Shane's The Cabin is the answer to her sole purpose: to solve the riddles of multiple [missing persons] cases in the region, including her parents' case. A nowhere to run, nowhere to hide/wrong place, wrong time suspense thriller, Wayward begins your unstable roller-coaster ride of wrong turns, poor mistakes, false assumptions, and how to rely on courage when hope can not be found. Rounded word count: 59,000 words

Eighteen months after WAYWARD, a group of seven men are injected into the cursed conundrum of the cabin.The grieving Everlast brothers muscle through life without having any closure on Thomas's disappearance. After a perplexing phone call that promises the answers they seek, the three brothers must venture to Thomas's last whereabouts. Asking four friends to join them on their spontaneous 'hunting trip', the seven men face dangers even Naomi Shane herself is completely unaware of.In less than three days, the wretched cabin will finally fall.Written and narrated by Naomi Shane, Naomi Shane's The Cabin series is the answer to her sole purpose: to solve the riddles of multiple [missing persons] cases in the region, including her parents' case.An overprepared/undereducated suspense action thriller, RANCOR continues your unstable roller-coaster ride of kept secrets, poor judgments, self-destruction, and how to rely on the help of others when you've reached your personal limit. Word Count: 63,000

It has been four months since Rancor was released, and no one knows the whereabouts of Naomi Shane.Still recovering from their medical injuries back in December, the six men from Snowville, UT have rerouted their lives back to a normalcy, while Jared Everlast clings to life in a medical coma. The epilogue of Rancor gave Grimm Everlast a warning that his help will be needed again, but not by Naomi. On the mountain, something worse than the Grays still remains.In a single day, the horrors of the mountain will be revealed.Finale ghostwritten as Naomi Shane, Naomi Shane's The Cabin trilogy is the answer to her sole purpose: to solve the riddles of multiple [missing persons] cases in the region, including her parents' case.A blood-soaked horror thriller, Lineage concludes your unstable roller-coaster ride of bizarre behavior, immoral ethics, and will reveal the answers to every single unanswered question. Welcome to Naomi's final [missing persons] case: hers!