Bird on Fire: Lessons from the World's Least Sustainable City
Phoenix, Arizona is at once one of America's fastest growing cities and its least sustainable one. A sprawling megalopolis of more than five million souls, it is parched-the result of minimal rainfall and scorching heat. Yet historically, its population has been hostile to both placing limits on growth and restricting property rights. In Bird on Fire, noted chronicler of contemporary social life Andrew Ross relies on Phoenix's to perform a paradoxicaltask: explain how we can establish sustainable urban living in this most unsustainable of cities. The vast majority of authors writing on sustainable cities focus on places like Portland, New…
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- ISBN: 978-0-19-982826-5
- EAN: 9780199828265
- Produktnummer: 22187598
- Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 312 S.
- Masse: H23.6 cm x B16.5 cm x D3.0 cm 544 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 544
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Andrew Ross is Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University. He is the author of Fast Boat to China, The Celebration Chronicles, Nice Work if You Can Get It, and No-Collar. He has written for ArtForum, The Nation, and The Village Voice.
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