LEADER 04016nam 2200661 450 001 9910465579903321 005 20210421204940.0 010 $a0-520-95830-6 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520958302 035 $a(CKB)3710000000217871 035 $a(OCoLC)888191476 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10907736 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001288519 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12497007 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001288519 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11294315 035 $a(PQKB)11178556 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1710991 035 $a(DE-B1597)520306 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520958302 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1710991 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10907736 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL635981 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000217871 100 $a20140818h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aConcrete jungle $eNew York City and our last best hope for a sustainable future /$fNiles Eldredge and Sidney Horenstein 210 1$aOakland, California :$cUniversity of California Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a1-322-04730-8 311 0 $a0-520-27015-0 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface: The Yin and Yang of Cities --$t1. Regarding Broadway: The Urban Saga and the New York Microcosm --$t2. Forest Primeval --$t3. Landscape Transformed --$t4. Growth of the Concrete Jungle --$t5. Fouling, and Cleaning, the Nest --$t6. Invasion and Survival --$t7. Resilience, Restoration, and Redemption --$t8. Cities, Globalization, and the Future of Biodiversity --$tNotes, References, and Suggestions for Further Reading --$tList of Illustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex 330 $aIf they are to survive, cities need healthy chunks of the world's ecosystems to persist; yet cities, like parasites, grow and prosper by local destruction of these very ecosystems. In this absorbing and wide-ranging book, Eldredge and Horenstein use New York City as a microcosm to explore both the positive and the negative sides of the relationship between cities, the environment, and the future of global biodiversity. They illuminate the mass of contradictions that cities present in embodying the best and the worst of human existence. The authors demonstrate that, though cities have voracious appetites for resources such as food and water, they also represent the last hope for conserving healthy remnants of the world's ecosystems and species. With their concentration of human beings, cities bring together centers of learning, research, government, finance, and media-institutions that increasingly play active roles in solving environmental problems. Some of the topics covered in Concrete Jungle: --The geological history of the New York region, including remnant glacial features visible today --The early days of urbanization on Manhattan Island, focusing on the history of Central Park, Collect Pond, and Manhattan Square --The history of early railway lines and the development of New York's iconic subway system --The problem of producing enough safe drinking water for an ever-expanding population --Prominent civic institutions, including universities, museums, and zoos 606 $aUrban ecology (Sociology)$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aUrban geography$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aEnvironmental degradation$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aBiodiversity$zNew York (State)$zNew York 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aUrban ecology (Sociology) 615 0$aUrban geography 615 0$aEnvironmental degradation 615 0$aBiodiversity 676 $a307.7609747 700 $aEldredge$b Niles$035208 702 $aHorenstein$b Sidney S. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465579903321 996 $aConcrete jungle$92488117 997 $aUNINA