Bird on fire : lessons from the world's least sustainable city / Andrew Ross.

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Ross, Andrew, 1956-

Title & Author:

Bird on fire : lessons from the world's least sustainable city / Andrew Ross.

Publication:

Description:

x, 297 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Gambling at the water table -- The road runner's appetite -- The battle for downtown. Artists step up ; Who can afford the Green City? -- Living downstream -- The sun always rises -- Viva los suns -- Land for the free -- Delivering the good.

Summary:

Discusses the modern growth of Phoenix, Arizona focusing on it's lack of sustainability and argues that to become sustainable can only occur through political and social change.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Klappentext
Klappentext

ISBN:

9780199828265 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
0199828261 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
9780199975525 (paperback)
0199975523 (paperback)

Subject:

Sustainable urban development Arizona Phoenix.
Urban ecology (Sociology) Arizona Phoenix.
City planning Arizona Phoenix.
Urbanisme durable Arizona Phoenix.
Écologie urbaine Arizona Phoenix.
City planning.
Sustainable urban development.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Metropolregion
Nachhaltigkeit
Regionalentwicklung
Stadtentwicklung
Stadtgeografie
Umweltschutz
Arizona Phoenix.
Arizona
Phoenix, Ariz.
USA

Holdings:

Location: Library main 280286
Call No.: HT168.P46 R6 2011
Status: Available

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