Bird on fire : lessons from the world's least sustainable city / Andrew Ross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ross, Andrew, 1956-

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable urban development--Arizona--Phoenix.

Sustainable urban development.

Urban ecology (Sociology)--Arizona--Phoenix.

Urban ecology (Sociology).

City planning--Arizona--Phoenix.

City planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Phoenix, Arizona is one of America's fastest growing metropolitan regions. It is also its least sustainable one, sprawling over a thousand square miles, with a population of four and a half million, minimal rainfall, scorching heat, and an insatiable appetite for unrestrained growth and unrestricted property rights. In Bird on Fire, eminent social and cultural analyst Andrew Ross focuses on the prospects for sustainability in Phoenix-a city in the bull's eye of global warming-and also the obstacles that stand in the way.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acronyms; Reader's Note; Introduction: By the Time I Got to Phoenix; 1. Gambling at the Water Table; 2. The Road Runner's Appetite; 3. The Battle for Downtown; Part One: Artists Step Up; Part Two: Who Can Afford the Green City?; 4. Living Downstream; 5. The Sun Always Rises; 6. Viva Los Suns; 7. Land for the Free; 8. Delivering the Good; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2011.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-991229-7

0-19-756320-1

1-283-34899-3

9786613348999

0-19-982827-X

OCLC:

763157781