Growing greener cities : urban sustainability in the twenty-first century /
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| Imprint: | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008. |
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| Description: | xii, 392 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The city in the twenty-first century City in the twenty-first century book series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7310945 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface: Common Ground, Common Good
- Introduction: Urban Greening and the Green City Ideal
- Part I. Greening at Every Scale: Nation to Roof Tops
- 1. Taking the Initiative: Why Cities Are Greening Now
- 2. Growing Greener Regions
- 3. The Inter-Regional Dimension: The Greening of London and the Wider South East
- 4. Greening Cities: A Public Realm Approach
- 5. Growing Greener, New York Style
- 6. Greener Homes, Greener Cities: Expanding Affordable Housing and Strengthening Cities Through Sustainable Residential Development
- Part II. Getting Greening Done
- 7. Urban Stream Restoration: Recovering Ecological Services in Degraded Watersheds
- 8. The Role of Citizen Activists in Urban Infrastructure Development
- 9. Blue-Green Practices: Why They Work and Why They Have Been So Difficult to Implement Through Public Policy
- 10. The Roots of the Urban Greening Movement
- 11. Leveraging Media for Social Change
- 12. Transformation Through Greening
- 13. Community Development Finance and the Green City
- 14. Growing Edible Cities
- Part III. Measuring Urban Greening
- 15. Ecosystem Services and the Green City
- 16. Metro Nature: Its Functions, Benefits, and Values
- 17. Green Investment Strategies: How They Matter for Urban Neighborhoods
- 18. Measuring the Economic Impacts of Greening: The Center for Neighborhood Technology Green Values Calculator
- 19. What Makes Today's Green City?
- Afterword
- Notes
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Plates follow Chapter 6
