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The restoration economy : the greatest new growth frontier : immediate & emerging opportunities for businesses, communities & investors / Storm Cunningham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cunningham, Storm, 1951-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Construction industry--Management.
- Construction industry.
- Building trades--Management.
- Building trades.
- Pollution control industry--Management.
- Pollution control industry.
- New business enterprises--Management.
- New business enterprises.
- Public works--Maintenance and repair--Economic aspects.
- Public works.
- Buildings--Repair and reconstruction--Economic aspects.
- Buildings.
- In situ remediation--Economic aspects.
- In situ remediation.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 341 p. : port.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The Restoration Economy reveals the previously undocumented trillion-dollar global industries that are restoring our natural and manmade environments. Restorative development is rapidly overtaking new development because we are running out of things to develop. Most natural areas are already either farmed or degraded, and cities have built all the way to their borders. However, there is no lack of things to redevelop and restore. Storm Cunningham surveys the wide range of restoration industries and points out the connections among them. He shows, for example, how the restoration of a river ecosystem can have a major impact on the commercial success of a redeveloped historic urban waterfront. Written for a broad range of audiences, The Restoration Economy is an entertaining blend of business, science, and economics that details exciting new business and investment opportunities in this dynamic economic sector.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The transition from our "new development" past to our "restorative development" future
- pt. 2. The four growth industries restoring our natural environment ecosystems, watersheds, fisheries, and farms
- pt. 3. The four growth industries restoring our built environment : brownfields, infrastructure, heritage, and misfortunes
- pt. 4. Putting it all together.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613268655
- 9781605096490
- 1605096490
- 9781283268653
- 1283268655
- 9781605096353
- 1605096350
- OCLC:
- 774026551
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