Description: Growing Greener Cities Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). Urban Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century Author(s): Eugenie L. Birch, Susan M. Wachter Format: Paperback Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, United States Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press ISBN-13: 9780812220377, 978-0812220377 Synopsis Nineteenth-century landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted described his most famous project, the design of New York's Central Park, as "a democratic development of highest significance." Over the years, the significance of green in civic life has grown. In twenty-first-century America, not only open space but also other issues of sustainability-such as potable water and carbon footprints-have become crucial elements in the quality of life in the city and surrounding environment. Confronted by a [url] population that is more than 70 percent urban, growing concern about global warming, rising energy prices, and unabated globalization, today's decision makers must find ways to bring urban life into balance with the Earth in order to sustain the natural, economic, and political environment of the modern city. In Growing Greener Cities, a collection of essays on urban sustainability and environmental issues edited by Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter, scholars and practitioners alike promote activities that recognize and conserve nature's ability to sustain urban life. These essays demonstrate how partnerships across professional organizations, businesses, advocacy groups, governments, and individuals themselves can bring green solutions to cities from London to Seattle. Beyond park and recreational spaces, initiatives that fall under the green umbrella range from public transit and infrastructure improvement to aquifer protection and urban agriculture. Growing Greener Cities offers an overview of the urban green movement, case studies in effective policy implementation, and tools for measuring and managing success. Thoroughly illustrated with color graphs, maps, and photographs, Growing Greener Cities provides a panoramic view of urban sustainability and environmental issues for green-minded city planners, policy makers, and citizens.
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Book Title: Growing Greener Cities
Number of Pages: 424 Pages
Publication Name: Growing Greener Cities: Urban Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Item Height: 229 mm
Publication Year: 2008
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Urban Planning
Author: Susan M. Wachter, Eugenie L. Birch
Item Width: 152 mm
Series: The City in the Twenty-First Century
Format: Paperback
