Growing Greener Cities: Urban Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century by Birch, Eugenie L.

Growing Greener Cities: Urban Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780812220377)

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Growing Greener Cities: Urban Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century by Birch, Eugenie L.

Growing Greener Cities: Urban Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century

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Growing Greener Cities: Urban Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century by Birch, Eugenie L.

Growing Greener Cities: Urban Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century

$50.00
Format: Paperback
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Nineteenth-century landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted described his most famous project, the design of New York's Central Park, as "a democratic development of highest significance." Over the years, the significance of green in civic life has grown. In twenty-first-century America, not only open space but also other issues of sustainability--such as potable water and carbon footprints--have become crucial elements in the quality of life in the city and surrounding environment. Confronted by a U.S. population that is more than 70 percent urban, growing concern about global warming, rising energy prices, and unabated globalization, today's decision makers must find ways to bring urban life into balance with the Earth in order to sustain the natural, economic, and political environment of the modern city.

In Growing Greener Cities, a collection of essays on urban sustainability and environmental issues edited by Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter, scholars and practitioners alike promote activities that recognize and conserve nature's ability to sustain urban life. These essays demonstrate how partnerships across professional organizations, businesses, advocacy groups, governments, and individuals themselves can bring green solutions to cities from London to Seattle. Beyond park and recreational spaces, initiatives that fall under the green umbrella range from public transit and infrastructure improvement to aquifer protection and urban agriculture.

Growing Greener Cities offers an overview of the urban green movement, case studies in effective policy implementation, and tools for measuring and managing success. Thoroughly illustrated with color graphs, maps, and photographs, Growing Greener Cities provides a panoramic view of urban sustainability and environmental issues for green-minded city planners, policy makers, and citizens.

Author: Eugenie L. Birch
ISBN-10: 0812220374
ISBN-13: 9780812220377
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Language: English
Published: 09/10/2008
Pages: 424
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 10/03/2008 pg. 22
Choice 03/01/2009
By Eugenie L. Birch
By Eugenie L. Birch
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Eugenie L. Birch is the Lawrence C. Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research and Education; Chair of the Graduate Group in City and Regional Planning, School of Design; and Co-Director, Penn Institute for Urban Research, at the University of Pennsylvania. Susan M. Wachter is the Albert Sussman Professor of Real Estate and Professor of Finance, The Wharton School; Professor of City and Regional Planning, School of Design; and Co-Director, Penn Institute for Urban Research, at the University of Pennsylvania.

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