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Day, Charles Hall 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cSpringer New York :$cImprint: Copernicus,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (357 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4939-3242-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Manifest Destiny and the Growth of America: Cheap Energy and Spending Natural Capital -- The Myth of Urban Self Sufficiency -- A Tale of Twelve Cities and Ten Regions -- The Wealth of Nature is the Wealth of Nations: Ecosystem Services and Their Value to Society -- Global Climate Change: A Warmer and More Unpredictable Future -- Energy ? The Master Resource -- Feeding America?s Cities: Putting Food on the Table in the 21st Century -- Moving Away From a Ptolemic View of the Human Economy -- Revisiting the Cities and Regions -- Summing It Up: Alternative Routes for the Way Forward. . 330 $aThis book takes you on a unique journey through American history, taking time to consider the forces that shaped the development of various cities and regions, and arrives at an unexpected conclusion regarding sustainability. From the American Dream to globalization to the digital and information revolutions, we assume that humans have taken control of our collective destinies in spite of potholes in the road such as the Great Recession of 2007-2009. However, these attitudes were formed during a unique 100-year period of human history in which a large but finite supply of fossil fuels was tapped to feed our economic and innovation engine. Today, at the peak of the Oil Age, the horizon looks different. Cities such as Los Angeles, Phoenix and Las Vegas are situated where water and other vital ecological services are scarce, and the enormous flows of resources and energy that were needed to create the megalopolises of the 20th century will prove unsustainable. Climate change is a reality, and regional impacts will become increasingly severe. Economies such as Las Vegas, which are dependent on discretionary income and buffeted by climate change, are already suffering the fate of the proverbial canary in the coal mine. Finite resources will mean profound changes for society in general and the energy-intensive lifestyles of the US and Canada in particular. But not all regions are equally vulnerable to these 21st-century megatrends. Are you ready to look beyond ?America?s Most Livable Cities? to the critical factors that will determine the sustainability of your municipality and region? Find out where your city or region ranks according to the forces that will impact our lives in the next years and decades. Find out how: ˇresource availability and ecological services shaped the modern landscape ˇemerging megatrends will make cities and regions more or less livable in the new century ˇyour city or region ranks on a ?sustainability? map of the United States ˇurban metabolism puts large cities at particular risk ˇsustainability factors will favor economic solutions at a local, rather than global, level ˇthese principles apply to industrial economies and countries globally. 606 $aSustainable development 606 $aRegional planning 606 $aCity planning 606 $aEnergy policy 606 $aEnergy policy 606 $aEnvironmental economics 606 $aEconomic geography 606 $aSustainable Development$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U34000 606 $aLandscape/Regional and Urban Planning$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/J15000 606 $aEnergy Policy, Economics and Management$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/112000 606 $aEnvironmental Economics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W48000 606 $aEnergy Policy, Economics and Management$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/112000 606 $aEconomic Geography$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/J12000 607 $aUnited States$2fast 615 0$aSustainable development. 615 0$aRegional planning. 615 0$aCity planning. 615 0$aEnergy policy. 615 0$aEnergy policy. 615 0$aEnvironmental economics. 615 0$aEconomic geography. 615 14$aSustainable Development. 615 24$aLandscape/Regional and Urban Planning. 615 24$aEnergy Policy, Economics and Management. 615 24$aEnvironmental Economics. 615 24$aEnergy Policy, Economics and Management. 615 24$aEconomic Geography. 676 $a333.7 700 $aDay$b John W$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0108950 702 $aHall$b Charles$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910254111703321 996 $aAmerica?s Most Sustainable Cities and Regions$92528558 997 $aUNINA