The city as fulcrum of global sustainability / / by Ernest J. Yanarella and Richard S. Levine [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461415603321
• Autore: Yanarella Ernest J.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Anthem Press, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-37695-4; 9786613376954; 0-85728-400-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxxi, 285 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Anthem Environmental Studies
• Disciplina: 307.76
• Soggetti: Urban ecology (Sociology); Sustainable development; Cities and towns; Sustainability
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Does sustainable development lead to sustainability? -- The sustainable cities manifesto -- Variations on a "green" theme : overcoming semantics in the sustainability debate -- Don't pick the low-hanging fruit? -- From the city to the city-region : the sustainable area budget, rural partnerland, and the sustainability engine -- The sustainable city game as a game and a tool of urban design -- Urban dreams of global sustainability -- The promise and pitfalls of Chattanooga's entrepreneurial "sustainability" strategy -- Sustainability comes to Okotoks, Alberta -- Vienna's Westbahnhof sustainable urban implantation-city-as-a-hill -- The success of SUCCESS : the Chinese village as catalyst of future Chinese sustainable cities -- The long march to sustainability in China -- Conclusion taking the road less traveled.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book finds short- and long-term solutions to twenty-first century global woes by looking to the city as the fulcrum for introducing sustainability around the world.