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The agile city : building well-being and wealth in an era of climate change / James S. Russell.
LIBRA QC903 .R87 2011
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Russell, James S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climatic changes.
- Climatic changes--Government policy.
- Economic development.
- Sustainable development.
- Financial crises--History--21st century.
- Financial crises.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Island Press, [2011]
- Summary:
- Russell, an architecture columnist and editor who teaches at the City College of New York, discusses what can be done in buildings and communities in the US to reduce carbon use and increase energy efficiency. He identifies changes that can be instituted at low costs in structures where people live and work, as well as community design and coordination between the two. He discusses land and people's attitudes toward it, methods of division and building for human use, and creating new ideas of ownership; how current growth machines and "megaburbs" shape communities negatively and how to change the real estate finance system, transportation, and water resources; and the kinds of places an agile, adaptable growth machine could create. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781597267243
- 1597267244
- 9781597267250
- 1597267252
- OCLC:
- 693809792
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