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America´s Most Sustainable Cities and Regions: Surviving the 21st Century Megatrends
Dr. John W. Day
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Description for America´s Most Sustainable Cities and Regions: Surviving the 21st Century Megatrends
Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, 89 black & white illustrations, 15 black & white tables, 89 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNU; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
This book takes you on a unique journey through American history, taking time to consider the forces that shaped the development of various cities and regions, and arrives at an unexpected conclusion regarding sustainability. From the American Dream to globalization to the digital and information revolutions, we assume that humans have taken control of our collective destinies in spite of potholes in the road such as the Great Recession of 2007-2009. However, these attitudes were formed during a unique 100-year period of human history in which a large but finite supply of fossil fuels was tapped to feed our economic ... Read more
This book takes you on a unique journey through American history, taking time to consider the forces that shaped the development of various cities and regions, and arrives at an unexpected conclusion regarding sustainability. From the American Dream to globalization to the digital and information revolutions, we assume that humans have taken control of our collective destinies in spite of potholes in the road such as the Great Recession of 2007-2009. However, these attitudes were formed during a unique 100-year period of human history in which a large but finite supply of fossil fuels was tapped to feed our economic ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
236
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
348
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781493932429
SKU
V9781493932429
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About Dr. John W. Day
John W. Day, Jr. is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, School of the Coast & Environment at Louisiana State University, where he has taught since 1971. He has published extensively on the ecology and management of coastal and wetland ecosystems and has over 100 peer-reviewed publications. He received his PhD in marine sciences and ... Read more
Reviews for America´s Most Sustainable Cities and Regions: Surviving the 21st Century Megatrends
The book, written for non-scientists, is wide-ranging and cross-disciplinary, recounting the historical, biophysical, economic, and social underpinnings of certain large-scale, rapidly emerging shifts ... . the authors have taken pains to provide plenty of references, maps, data, and explanation, so readers might better understand the lay of the proverbial land. Hall and Day, above all, seem earnest-earnest in their desire ... Read more