1 option
Sustainability in America's cities : creating the green metropolis / edited by Matthew I. Slavin.
Fine Arts Library HT243.U6 S87 2011
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban ecology (Sociology)--United States.
- Urban ecology (Sociology).
- City planning--Environmental aspects.
- United States.
- Urban policy--United States.
- Urban policy.
- City planning--Environmental aspects--United States.
- City planning.
- Urban ecology (Sociology)--United States--Case studies.
- Sustainable development--United States.
- Sustainable development.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 285 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Island Press, [2011]
- Summary:
- Sustainability in Americas Cities highlights how the nation's cities are solving conflicts between urban development and the environment, and reducing the impacts of climate change. It presents empirically based, multidisciplinary case studies of sustainability policy planning, and practice from a geographically diverse group of cities. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- The rise of the urban sustainability movement in America / Matthew I. Slavin
- Strategic climate planning in Portland / Matthew I. Slavin and Kent Snyder
- Greening Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley from a blighted brownfield to a sustainable place to work and play / Christopher DeSousa
- A cautionary tale : Phoenix, the role of the university and the politics of green-tech / Jonathan Fink
- LEED in the nation's capitol : a policy and planning perspective on green building in Washington D.C. / Gerrit Knapp ... [et al.]
- The greening of mobility in San Francisco / Aaron Golub and Jason Henderson
- Wind, waves and watts : creating a clean energy future for Honolulu / Matthew I. Slavin ... [et al.]
- Green city, clean waters : sustainable storm water management in Philadelphia / Lynn Mandarano
- Toward a sustainable New York City : greening through urban forest restoration / P. Timon McPherson
- Greening the food supply in New York City / Nevin Cohenn and Jennifer Obadia
- Where sustainability stands now : contemporary trends and future prospects / Matthew I. Slavin.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781597267410
- 1597267414
- 9781597267427
- 1597267422
- OCLC:
- 674932980
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.