LEADER 06493nam 2200865 a 450 001 9910820900103321 005 20240418023727.0 010 $a1-283-89039-9 010 $a0-8122-0409-3 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812204094 035 $a(CKB)3240000000068510 035 $a(OCoLC)794702270 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10641556 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000631211 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11415150 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631211 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10591820 035 $a(PQKB)10290451 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17888 035 $a(DE-B1597)449436 035 $a(OCoLC)1013936131 035 $a(OCoLC)1029823089 035 $a(OCoLC)1032679533 035 $a(OCoLC)1037979098 035 $a(OCoLC)1041986917 035 $a(OCoLC)1046607218 035 $a(OCoLC)1047007580 035 $a(OCoLC)1049620402 035 $a(OCoLC)1054880559 035 $a(OCoLC)979968295 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812204094 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441721 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10641556 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL420289 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441721 035 $a(EXLCZ)993240000000068510 100 $a20080306d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aGrowing greener cities$b[electronic resource] $eurban sustainability in the twenty-first century /$fedited by Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (421 p.) 225 1 $aThe city in the twenty-first century 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-2037-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface: common ground, common good / Amy Gutmann -- Introduction: urban greening and the green city ideal / Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter -- Greening at every scale: nation to roof tops -- Taking the initiative: why cities are greening now / Tom Daniels -- Growing greener regions / Robert D. Yaro and David M. Kooris -- The inter-regional dimension: the greening of London and the wider South East / Robin Thompson -- Greening cities: a public realm approach / Alexander Garvin -- Growing greener, New York style / Rachel Weinberger -- Greener homes, greener cities: expanding affordable housing and strengthening cities through sustainable residential development / Stockton Williams and Dana L. Bourland -- Getting greening done -- Urban stream restoration: recovering ecological services in degraded watersheds / Rutherford H. Platt ... [et al.] -- The role of citizen activists in urban infrastructure development / Paul R. Brown -- Blue-green practices: why they work and why they have been so difficult to implement through public policy / Charlie Miller -- The roots of the urban greening movement / Victor Rubin -- Leveraging media for social change / Harry Wiland and Dale Bell -- Transformation through greening / J. Blaine Bonham, Jr., and Patricia L. Smith -- Community development finance and the green city / Jeremy Nowak -- Growing edible cities / Domenic Vitiello -- Measuring urban greening -- Ecosystem services and the green city / Dennis D. Hirsch -- Metro nature: its functions, benefits, and values / Kathleen L. Wolf -- Green investment strategies: how they matter for urban neighborhoods / Susan M. Wachter, Kevin C. Gillen, and Carolyn R. Brown -- Measuring the economic impacts of greening: the center for neighborhood technology green values calculator / Julia Kennedy, Peter Haas, and Bill Eyring -- What makes today's green city? / Warren Karlenzig -- Afterword / Neal Peirce -- List of contributors. 330 $aNineteenth-century landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted described his most famous project, the design of New York's Central Park, as "a democratic development of highest significance." Over the years, the significance of green in civic life has grown. In twenty-first-century America, not only open space but also other issues of sustainability-such as potable water and carbon footprints-have become crucial elements in the quality of life in the city and surrounding environment. Confronted by a U.S. population that is more than 70 percent urban, growing concern about global warming, rising energy prices, and unabated globalization, today's decision makers must find ways to bring urban life into balance with the Earth in order to sustain the natural, economic, and political environment of the modern city.In Growing Greener Cities, a collection of essays on urban sustainability and environmental issues edited by Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter, scholars and practitioners alike promote activities that recognize and conserve nature's ability to sustain urban life. These essays demonstrate how partnerships across professional organizations, businesses, advocacy groups, governments, and individuals themselves can bring green solutions to cities from London to Seattle. Beyond park and recreational spaces, initiatives that fall under the green umbrella range from public transit and infrastructure improvement to aquifer protection and urban agriculture.Growing Greener Cities offers an overview of the urban green movement, case studies in effective policy implementation, and tools for measuring and managing success. 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