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Growing greener cities [[electronic resource] ] : urban sustainability in the twenty-first century / / edited by Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter
| Growing greener cities [[electronic resource] ] : urban sustainability in the twenty-first century / / edited by Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (421 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.76 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BirchEugenie Ladner
WachterSusan M |
| Collana | The city in the twenty-first century |
| Soggetto topico |
Urban ecology (Sociology)
City planning - Environmental aspects Urban beautification - Environmental aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-89039-9
0-8122-0409-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface: 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463694503321 |
| Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Growing greener cities [[electronic resource] ] : urban sustainability in the twenty-first century / / edited by Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter
| Growing greener cities [[electronic resource] ] : urban sustainability in the twenty-first century / / edited by Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (421 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.76 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BirchEugenie Ladner
WachterSusan M |
| Collana | The city in the twenty-first century |
| Soggetto topico |
Urban ecology (Sociology)
City planning - Environmental aspects Urban beautification - Environmental aspects |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Architecture
Fine Art Garden History Political Science Public Policy Urban Studies |
| ISBN |
1-283-89039-9
0-8122-0409-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface: 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788510403321 |
| Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Growing greener cities [[electronic resource] ] : urban sustainability in the twenty-first century / / edited by Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter
| Growing greener cities [[electronic resource] ] : urban sustainability in the twenty-first century / / edited by Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (421 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.76 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BirchEugenie Ladner
WachterSusan M |
| Collana | The city in the twenty-first century |
| Soggetto topico |
Urban ecology (Sociology)
City planning - Environmental aspects Urban beautification - Environmental aspects |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Architecture
Fine Art Garden History Political Science Public Policy Urban Studies |
| ISBN |
1-283-89039-9
0-8122-0409-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface: 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820900103321 |
| Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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