文档介绍：sustainability in america’s cities
Sustainability in
America’s Cities
Creating the Green Metropolis
Edited by Matthew I. Slavin
Washington | Covelo | London
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sustainability in America's cities : creating the green metropolis / edited by Matthew I. Slavin.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-59726-741-0 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 1-59726-741-4 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 978-1-59726-742-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 1-59726-742-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Urban ecology (Sociology)—United States. 2. Urban
policy—United States. 3. City planning—Environmental aspects—United States. 4. Urban ecology
(Sociology)—United States—Case studies. 5. Sustainable development—United States. I. Slavin,
Matthew I.
2011
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Keywords: Bicycle infrastructure, brownfield remediation, car share, climate action planning, green building,
green economy, Honolulu, LEED, Milwaukee, mobility, New York, ocean wave energy, Philadelphia,
Phoenix, Portland (OR), renewable energy, San Francisco, stormwater management, sustainable city, triple
bottom line, urban agriculture, urban forestry, urban planning, urban policy, Washington, DC
contents
foreword ix
Kent Portney, Tufts University
acknowledgments xv
Chapter 1. The Rise of the Urban Sustainability Movement in America 1
Matthew I. Slavin
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