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America's most sustainable cities and regions : surviving the 21st century megatrends / John W. Day, Charles Hall ; with contributions by Eric Roy, Matthew Moerschbaecher, Christopher D'Elia, David Pimentel, Alejandro Yáñez-Arancibia.

Lippincott Library HC110.E5 D39 2016
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Day, John W., 1945- author.
Hall, Charles A. S., author.
Contributor:
Roy, Eric D., 1984- contributor.
Moerschbaecher, Matthew Korbel, 1981- contributor.
D'Elia, Christopher F., contributor.
Pimentel, David, 1925- contributor.
Yáñez-Arancibia, Alejandro, contributor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Sustainable development--United States.
Sustainable development.
United States.
Urban ecology (Sociology)--United States.
Urban ecology (Sociology).
Physical Description:
xii, 348 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Springer, [2016]
Contents:
Introduction
Manifest Destiny and the Growth of America: Cheap Energy and Spending Natural Capital
The Myth of Urban Self Sufficiency
A Tale of Twelve Cities and Ten Regions
The Wealth of Nature is the Wealth of Nations: Ecosystem Services and Their Value to Society
Global Climate Change: A Warmer and More Unpredictable Future
Energy
The Master Resource
Feeding America's Cities: Putting Food on the Table in the 21st Century
Moving Away From a Ptolemic View of the Human Economy
Revisiting the Cities and Regions
Summing It Up: Alternative Routes for the Way Forward. .
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-340) and index.
ISBN:
9781493932429
149393242X
OCLC:
945369287

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