Bird on fire : lessons from the world's least sustainable city / / Andrew Ross

• Autore: Ross Andrew <1956->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (310 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.1/4160979173
• Soggetto topico: Sustainable urban development - Arizona - Phoenix; Urban ecology (Sociology) - Arizona - Phoenix; City planning - Arizona - Phoenix
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2011.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acronyms; Reader's Note; Introduction: By the Time I Got to Phoenix; 1. Gambling at the Water Table; 2. The Road Runner's Appetite; 3. The Battle for Downtown; Part One: Artists Step Up; Part Two: Who Can Afford the Green City?; 4. Living Downstream; 5. The Sun Always Rises; 6. Viva Los Suns; 7. Land for the Free; 8. Delivering the Good; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: Phoenix, Arizona is one of America's fastest growing metropolitan regions. It is also its least sustainable one, sprawling over a thousand square miles, with a population of four and a half million, minimal rainfall, scorching heat, and an insatiable appetite for unrestrained growth and unrestricted property rights. In Bird on Fire, eminent social and cultural analyst Andrew Ross focuses on the prospects for sustainability in Phoenix-a city in the bull's eye of global warming-and also the obstacles that stand in the way.
• Titolo autorizzato: Bird on fire
• ISBN: 0-19-991229-7; 0-19-756320-1; 1-283-34899-3; 9786613348999; 0-19-982827-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817097903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.