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245 0 0 _aGrowing Greener Cities :
_bUrban Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century /
_cedited by Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter.
264 1 _aPhiladelphia :
_bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,
_c2008.
300 _a1 online resource (421 pages)
336 _2rdacontent
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337 _2rdamedia
_acomputer
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_aonline resource
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_aThe City in the Twenty-First Century Ser.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _aIntroduction: Urban Greening and the Green City Ideal -- Part I: Greening at Every Scale: Nation to Roof Tops -- 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 -- Part II: Getting Greening Done -- 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 toImplement 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 -- Part III: Measuring Urban Greening -- Chapter 15. Ecosystem Services and the Green City -- Chapter 16. Metro Nature: Its Functions, Benefits, andValues -- Chapter 17. Green Investment Strategies: How They Matter for Urban Neighborhoods -- Chapter 18. Measuring the Economic Impacts of Greening: The Center for Neighborhood Technology Green Values Calculator -- Chapter 19. What Makes Today's Green City? -- Afterword -- Notes -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Plates follow Chapter 6.
520 _aThis 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.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2021. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aUrban ecology (Sociology).
650 0 _aCity planning -- Environmental aspects.
650 0 _aUrban beautification -- Environmental aspects.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
700 _aBirch, Eugénie L.
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_eeditor
700 1 _aWachter, Susan M.
_eeditor
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aBirch, Eugenie L.
_tGrowing Greener Cities
_dPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,c2008
_z9780812220377
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 4 _aThe City in the Twenty-First Century Ser.
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