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Reinventing Los Angeles : nature and community in the global city / Robert Gottlieb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gottlieb, Robert, 1944-
- Series:
- Urban and industrial environments.
- Urban and industrial environments
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- City planning--California--Los Angeles.
- City planning.
- Sociology, Urban--California--Los Angeles.
- Sociology, Urban.
- Urban ecology (Sociology)--California--Los Angeles.
- Urban ecology (Sociology).
- Physical Description:
- viii, 430 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Describes how water politics, cars and freeways, and immigration and globalization have shaped Los Angeles, and how innovative social movements are working to make a more livable and sustainable city.
- Contents:
- The reinvention of Los Angeles: an introduction
- Nature in the city
- Community in the city
- Water for the city
- Re-envisioning the Los Angeles river
- Cars and freeways in the city
- The magic of Arroyofest
- City of migrations
- Social change across borders
- Globalization from below: a conclusion
- Notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-26297-5
- 1-282-09915-9
- 9786612099151
- 0-262-27412-4
- 1-4356-0501-2
- OCLC:
- 177221563
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