The neighborhood project
Subtitle: using evolution to improve my city, one block at a time
By: David Sloan Wilson
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Little, Brown and Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780316037679
Subjects: Cultural Evolution; Growth; Cities and towns; Urban Health; Cities; Civic improvement
Description: An evolutionary biologist applies the ideas of evolutionary science to his post-industrial hometown and uses the "traits" he discovers, including what bullying feeds on and how neighborhood quality affects test scores, to improve the lives of his fellow citizens.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Evolution, cities, and the world; title: My city; title: The parable of the strider; title: The parable of the wasp; title: The maps; title: Quantifying halloween; title: We are now entering the noosphere; title: The parable of the immune system; title: The reflection; title: Street smart; title: The humanist and the CEO; title: The lost island of prevention science; title: The lecture that failed; title: Learning from Mother Nature about teaching our children; title: The world with us; title: Crow woman; title: Our lives, our genes; title: The natural history of the afterlife; title: Evonomics; title: Body and soul; title: City on a hill.