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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457455303321

Autore

Ross Andrew <1956->

Titolo

Bird on fire [[electronic resource] ] : lessons from the world's least sustainable city / / Andrew Ross

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2012

ISBN

0-19-756320-1

1-283-34899-3

9786613348999

0-19-982827-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

307.1/4160979173

Soggetti

Sustainable urban development - Arizona - Phoenix

Urban ecology (Sociology) - Arizona - Phoenix

City planning - Arizona - Phoenix

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2011.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acronyms; Reader's Note; Introduction: By the Time I Got to Phoenix; 1. Gambling at the Water Table; 2. The Road Runner's Appetite; 3. The Battle for Downtown; Part One: Artists Step Up; Part Two: Who Can Afford the Green City?; 4. Living Downstream; 5. The Sun Always Rises; 6. Viva Los Suns; 7. Land for the Free; 8. Delivering the Good; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Phoenix, Arizona is one of America's fastest growing metropolitan regions. It is also its least sustainable one, sprawling over a thousand square miles, with a population of four and a half million, minimal rainfall, scorching heat, and an insatiable appetite for unrestrained growth and unrestricted property rights. In Bird on Fire, eminent social and cultural analyst Andrew Ross focuses on the prospects for sustainability in Phoenix-a city in the bull's eye of global warming-and also the obstacles that stand in the way.