Title & Author:

Edens lost & found : how ordinary citizens are restoring our great cities / Harry Wiland and Dale Bell with Joseph D'Agnese.

Publication:

White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub. Co., ©2006.

Description:

xiii, 285 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Introduction : The path to sustainability -- Chicago : city of the big shoulders -- Philadelphia : the holy experiment -- Los Angeles : dream a different city -- Seattle : the future is now -- Epilogue.
Also issued online.

Summary:

"Edens Lost & Found demonstrates that environmentally beneficial solutions can costs less, not more, and can contribute to growth rather than impede it. This book documents what is possible. It shows how citizens are restoring their communities by creating sustainable urban ecosystems."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents
Publisher description
Contributor biographical information

ISBN:

193149889X
9781931498890
1933392266 (pbk.)
9781933392264 (pbk.)

Subject:

Urban beautification United States Citizen participation Case studies.
Community development, Urban United States Case studies.
Reclamation of land United States Citizen participation Case studies.
Urban ecology (Sociology) United States.
Sustainable development United States.
Développement communautaire urbain États-Unis Études de cas.
Améliorations foncières États-Unis Participation des citoyens Études de cas.
Écologie urbaine États-Unis.
Développement durable États-Unis.
Community development, Urban
Sustainable development
Urban beautification Citizen participation
Urban ecology (Sociology)
United States

Form/genre:

Internet resource.
Case studies
Études de cas.

Added entries:

Wiland, Harry.
Bell, Dale, 1938-
D'Agnese, Joseph.
Edens lost & found (Television program)

Edens lost and found

Holdings:

Location: Library main 245488
Call No.: BIB 175119
Status: Available