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
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| Titolo: |
Small, gritty, and green : the promise of America's smaller industrial cities in a low-carbon world / / Catherine Tumber
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| 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 |
| 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.: | 9910781413203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Urban and industrial environments.