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The Future of the Suburban City : Lessons from Sustaining Phoenix / / by Grady Gammage



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Autore: Gammage Grady Visualizza persona
Titolo: The Future of the Suburban City : Lessons from Sustaining Phoenix / / by Grady Gammage Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2016
Edizione: 1st ed. 2016.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XII, 191 p. 2 illus.)
Disciplina: 338.927
Soggetto topico: Sustainable development
Landscape architecture
Urban planning
City planning
Industrial management—Environmental aspects
Sustainable Development
Landscape Architecture
Urbanism
Sustainability Management
Soggetto geografico: Arizona Phoenix
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 1. Suburbs, Sprawl, and Sustainability -- 2. Just Add Water -- 3. Coping with Heat -- 4. Transportation and the Suburban City -- 5. Houses, Shopping Centers, and the Fabric of Suburbia -- 6. Jobs and the Economy of Cities in the Sand -- 7. Politics, Resilience, and Survival.
Sommario/riassunto: As a Phoenix native, the author argues that the suburban city, which grew up based on the automobile and the single‑family home, needs to dramatically change and evolve in an era of climate change. He shows how this is possible, and that many suburban cities are already making strides in increasing their resilience. Gammage focuses on the story of Phoenix, which shows the power of collective action — government action — to confront the challenges of geography and respond through public policy. He examines issues facing most suburban cities around water supply, heat, transportation, housing, density, urban form, jobs, economics, and politics. This book is a realistic yet hopeful story of what is possible for any suburban city.
Titolo autorizzato: The Future of the Suburban City  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-61091-623-9
1-61091-624-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910160293003321
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