The city as fulcrum of global sustainability
By: by Ernest J. Yanarella and Richard S. Levine
Contributors: Levine, Richard S.
Publisher: Anthem Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780857287724
Subjects: Sustainable development; Cities and towns; Case studies; Urban ecology (Sociology); Sustainability
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Does sustainable development lead to sustainability?; title: The sustainable cities manifesto; title: Variations on a "green" theme : overcoming semantics in the sustainability debate; title: Don't pick the low-hanging fruit?; title: From the city to the city-region : the sustainable area budget, rural partnerland, and the sustainability engine; title: The sustainable city game as a game and a tool of urban design; title: Urban dreams of global sustainability; title: The promise and pitfalls of Chattanooga's entrepreneurial "sustainability" strategy; title: Sustainability comes to Okotoks, Alberta; title: Vienna's Westbahnhof sustainable urban implantation-city-as-a-hill; title: The success of SUCCESS : the Chinese village as catalyst of future Chinese sustainable cities; title: The long march to sustainability in China; title: Conclusion taking the road less traveled.