03036nam 22006492 450 991046141560332120151002020704.01-283-37695-497866133769540-85728-400-2(CKB)2670000000122652(EBL)840510(OCoLC)772399285(SSID)ssj0000575725(PQKBManifestationID)12212970(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000575725(PQKBWorkID)10552469(PQKB)10075010(UkCbUP)CR9780857284006(MiAaPQ)EBC840510(Au-PeEL)EBL840510(CaPaEBR)ebr10523531(CaONFJC)MIL337695(EXLCZ)99267000000012265220111212d2011|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe city as fulcrum of global sustainability /by Ernest J. Yanarella and Richard S. Levine[electronic resource]London :Anthem Press,2011.1 online resource (xxxi, 285 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Anthem Environmental StudiesTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).0-85728-772-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Anthem Environmental StudiesUrban ecology (Sociology)Sustainable developmentCities and townsCase studiesSustainabilityUrban ecology (Sociology)Sustainable development.Cities and townsSustainability.307.76Yanarella Ernest J.1033873Levine Richard S.UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910461415603321The city as fulcrum of global sustainability2452644UNINA