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Triumph of the city : how our greatest invention makes us richer, smarter, greener, healthier, and happier / Edward L. Glaeser.
LIBRA HT361 .G53 2011
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Glaeser, Edward L. (Edward Ludwig), 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urbanization.
- Cities and towns--Growth.
- Cities and towns.
- Urban economics.
- Sociology, Urban.
- Physical Description:
- 338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Penguin Press, 2011.
- Summary:
- A pioneering urban economist offers fascinating, even inspiring proof that the city is humanity's greatest invention and our best hope for the future.
- Contents:
- Our urban species
- What do they make in Bangalore?
- Why do cities decline?
- What's good about slums?
- How were the tenements tamed?
- Is London a luxury resort?
- What's so great about skyscrapers?
- Why has sprawl spread?
- Is there anything greener than blacktop?
- How do cities succeed?
- Flat world, tall city.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-323) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781594202773
- 159420277X
- OCLC:
- 650211168
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