LEADER 03731nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910786290503321 005 20230120032750.0 010 $a1-59726-238-2 010 $a1-61091-027-3 024 7 $a10.5822/978-1-61091-027-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000332593 035 $a(EBL)3317631 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000878300 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11532146 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000878300 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10814007 035 $a(PQKB)10367487 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-61091-027-9 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3317631 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10713318 035 $a(OCoLC)923188463 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3317631 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1156878 035 $a(PPN)168305364 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000332593 100 $a20110211d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe agile city$b[electronic resource] $ebuilding well-being and wealth in an era of climate change /$fJames S. Russell 205 $a1st ed. 2012. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cIsland Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (311 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59726-724-4 311 $a1-59726-725-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 249-271) and index. 327 $apt. 1. The land -- pt. 2. Repairing the dysfunctional growth machine -- pt. 3. Agile urban futures. 330 $aAmericans are waking up to the realization that global warming poses real challenges to the nation?s prosperity. In The Agile City, journalist and urban analyst James S. Russell engages the million dollar question: what do we do about it? The answer lies in changing our fundamental approach to growth. Improved building techniques can readily cut carbon emissions by half, and some can get to zero. These cuts can be affordably achieved in windshield-shattering desert heat and the bone-chilling cold of the north. Intelligently designing our towns, suburbs, and cities could reduce commutes and child chauffeuring to a few miles or eliminate it entirely. Who wouldn?t want a future like that? Agility, Russell explains, also means learning to adapt to the effects of climate change, which means redesigning the obsolete ways we finance real estate; distribute housing subsidies; provide transportation; and obtain, distribute, and dispose of water. These engines of growth have become increasingly dysfunctional both economically and environmentally. The Agile City highlights tactics that create multiplier effects. Ecologically driven change can stimulate economic opportunity, make more productive workplaces, and help revive neglected communities. Considering multiple effects and benefits of political choices and private investments is essential to assuring wealth and well-being. The Agile City shows that change undertaken at the building and community level, with ingenuity and resourcefulness, makes the future look very green indeed. 606 $aClimatic changes 606 $aClimatic changes$xGovernment policy 606 $aEconomic development 606 $aSustainable development 606 $aFinancial crises$xHistory$y21st century 615 0$aClimatic changes. 615 0$aClimatic changes$xGovernment policy. 615 0$aEconomic development. 615 0$aSustainable development. 615 0$aFinancial crises$xHistory 676 $a363.738/74561 700 $aRussell$b James S$01471375 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786290503321 996 $aThe agile city$93683661 997 $aUNINA