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Small, gritty, and green : the promise of America's smaller industrial cities in a low-carbon world / / Catherine Tumber



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Autore: Tumber Catherine Visualizza persona
Titolo: Small, gritty, and green : the promise of America's smaller industrial cities in a low-carbon world / / Catherine Tumber Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2012
Descrizione fisica: xxxiv, 211 p. : ill
Disciplina: 333.770973
Soggetto topico: Urban ecology (Sociology) - United States
Fossil fuels - Environmental aspects - United States
Land use, Urban - Environmental aspects - United States
Renewable energy sources - Technological innovations - United States
Technology - Economic aspects - United States
Soggetto non controllato: ENVIRONMENT/General
URBANISM/General
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction : beloved communties, benighted times -- Against "shapeless giantism." -- Mega dreams and small city realities : trafficking in transportation planning -- Agriculture on the urban fringe and beyond -- Framing urban farming -- Making good : renewables and the revival of smaller industrial cities -- Roots of knowledge : local economics, urban scale, and schooling for civic renewal.
Sommario/riassunto: How small-to-midsize Rust Belt cities can play a crucial role in a low-carbon, sustainable, and relocalized future.
Titolo autorizzato: Small, gritty, and green  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-262-29754-X
1-283-34372-X
9786613343727
0-262-30270-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910810854803321
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Serie: Urban and industrial environments.