Growing greener cities
Subtitle: addressing urban environmental issues in the twenty-first century
By: edited by Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter.
Contributors: Birch, Eugenie Ladner.; Wachter, Susan M.
Series: City in the twenty-first century
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780812220377
Subjects: Urban ecology; City planning -- Environmental aspects; Urban beautification -- Environmental aspects
Description: "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, policymakers, and citizens."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: common ground, common good / Amy Gutmann; title: Introduction: urban greening and the green city ideal / Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter; title: Greening at every scale: nation to roof tops; title: Taking the initiative: why cities are greening now / Tom Daniels; title: Growing greener regions / Robert D. Yaro and David M. Kooris; title: The inter-regional dimension: the greening of London and the wider South East / Robin Thompson; title: Greening cities: a public realm approach / Alexander Garvin; title: Growing greener, New York style / Rachel Weinberger; title: Greener homes, greener cities: expanding affordable housing and strengthening cities through sustainable residential development / Stockton Williams and Dana L. Bourland; title: Getting greening done; title: Urban stream restoration: recovering ecological services in degraded watersheds / Rutherford H. Platt, Timothy Beatley, Sarah Michaels, Nancy Goucher, and Beth Fenstermacher; title: The role of citizen activists in urban infrastructure development / Paul R. Brown; title: Blue-green practices: why they work and why they have been so difficult to implement through public policy / Charlie Miller; title: The roots of the urban greening movement / Victor Rubin; title: Leveraging media for social change / Harry Wiland and Dale Bell; title: Transformation through greening / J. Blaine Bonham, Jr., and Patricia L. Smith; title: Community development finance and the green city / Jeremy Nowak; title: Growing edible cities / Domenic Vitiello; title: Measuring urban greening; title: Ecosystem services and the green city / Dennis D. Hirsch; title: Metro nature: its functions, benefits, and values / Kathleen L. Wolf; title: Green investment strategies: how they matter for urban neighborhoods / Susan M. Wachter, Kevin C. Gillen, and Carolyn R. Brown; title: Measuring the economic impacts of greening: the center for neighborhood technology green values calculator / Julia Kennedy, Peter Haas, and Bill Eyring; title: What makes today's green city? / Warren Karlenzig; title: Afterword / Neal Peirce; title: List of contributors.