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Growing greener cities : urban sustainability in the twenty-first century /

This thoroughly illustrated collection of essays, written by scholars as well as practitioners of urban policy, gives a panoramic view of sustainability and environmental issues for green-minded city planners, policy makers, researchers, and citizens.

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Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Birch, Eugenie L.; Wachter, Susan M.
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2008]
©2008
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: The city in the twenty-first century
Subjects:
City planning > Environmental aspects.
Urban beautification > Environmental aspects.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Political Science, other.
Political science.
Social sciences.
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Regional Planning. > Regional Planning.
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812204094
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Summary: This thoroughly illustrated collection of essays, written by scholars as well as practitioners of urban policy, gives a panoramic view of sustainability and environmental issues for green-minded city planners, policy makers, researchers, and citizens.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (424 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: 17 color, 55 b/w illus.
ISBN: 9780812204094
Index Number: HT241
CLC: C912.81
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface: Common Ground, Common Good /
Introduction: Urban Greening and the Green City Ideal /
Chapter 1. Taking the Initiative: Why Cities Are Greening Now /
Chapter 2. Growing Greener Regions /
Chapter 3. The Inter-Regional Dimension: The Greening of London and the Wider South East /
Chapter 4. Greening Cities: A Public Realm Approach /
Chapter 5. Growing Greener, New York Style /
Chapter 6. Greener Homes, Greener Cities: Expanding Affordable Housing and Strengthening Cities Through Sustainable Residential Development /
Chapter 7. Urban Stream Restoration: Recovering Ecological Services in Degraded Watersheds /
Chapter 8. The Role of Citizen Activists in Urban Infrastructure Development /
Chapter 9. Blue-Green Practices: Why They Work and Why They Have Been So Difficult to Implement Through Public Policy /
Chapter 10. The Roots of the Urban Greening Movement /
Chapter 11. Leveraging Media for Social Change /
Chapter 12. Transformation Through Greening /
Chapter 13. Community Development Finance and the Green City /
Chapter 14. Growing Edible Cities /
Chapter 15. Ecosystem Services and the Green City /
Chapter 16. Metro Nature: Its Functions, Benefits, and Values /
Chapter 17. Green Investment Strategies: How They Matter for Urban Neighborhoods /
Chapter 18. Measuring the Economic Impacts of Greening: The Center for Neighborhood

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