Main entry:

Russell, James S.

Title & Author:

The agile city : building well-being and wealth in an era of climate change / James S. Russell.

Publication:

Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2011.

Description:

xviii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-271) and index.
Prologue : Carbon-neutral now -- Introduction : The concrete metropolis in a dynamic era -- pt. 1. The land -- Climate change in the landscapes of speculation -- A new land ethos -- pt. 2. Repairing the dysfunctional growth machine -- Real estate : financing agile growth -- Re-engineering transportation -- Ending the water wars -- Megaburbs : the unacknowledged metropolis -- pt. 3. Agile urban futures -- Building adaptive places -- Creating twenty-first-century community -- Loose-fit urbanism -- Green grows the future -- Epilogue : Tools to build civic engagement.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

Highlights tactics that create multiplier effects. Ecologically driven change can stimulate economic opportunity, make more productive workplaces, and help revive neglected communities. Considering multiple effects and benefits of political choices and private investments is essential to assuring wealth and well-being. Shows that change undertaken at the building and community level, with ingenuity and resourcefulness, makes the future look very green indeed.

ISBN:

9781597267243 (cloth ; alk. paper)
1597267244 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9781597267250 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
1597267252 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Climatic changes.
Climatic changes Government policy.
Economic development.
Sustainable development.
Financial crises History 21st century.
Climate Change
Climat Changements.
Développement économique.
Développement durable.
climate change.
economic development.
sustainable development.
Financial crises

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 274878
Call No.: BIB 208754
Status: Available