Concrete Jungle
New York City and Our Last Best Hope for a Sustainable Future
Concrete Jungle is a brilliant exploration of New York City's environmental treasures and why it is so important to preserve them. The book's clarity and lucid prose will appeal to academics and general readers alike, to lovers of cities as well as environmentalists. ~William Helmreich, author of The New York Nobody Knows: Walking 6,000 Miles in the City Building sustainable cities is a novel idea to many people, including conservationists, but it is arguably the best option our species has for resolving most of our global environmental problems. Concrete Jungle makes this case in a stimulating and accessible way. ~ Michael McKinney, Univers…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Horenstein, Sidney
- ISBN: 978-0-520-27015-2
- EAN: 9780520270152
- Produktnummer: 16428859
- Verlag: University of California Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Masse: H23.7 cm x B15.1 cm x D2.4 cm 600 g
- Abbildungen: 76 b-w scattered photos
- Gewicht: 600
- Sonstiges: Undergraduate
Über den Autor
Niles Eldredge is Curator Emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History and codeveloper with Stephen Jay Gould of the theory of punctuated equilibria in evolutionary biology. Among his many books are Life in the Balance and Dominion (UC Press).Sidney Horenstein is a geologist and Environmental Educator Emeritus with the American Museum of Natural History and the natural history consultant to the Bronx County Historical Society. He has written extensively about New York City geology.
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