James S. Russell

The Agile City

Building Well-being and Wealth in an Era of Climate Change

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In a very short time America has realized that global warming poses real challenges to the nation's future. The Agile City engages the fundamental question: what to do about it? Journalist and urban analyst James S. Russell argues that we'll more quickly slow global-warming-and blunt its effects-by retrofitting cities, suburbs, and towns. The Agile City shows that change undertaken at the building and community level can reach carbon-reduction goals rapidly. Russell highlights tactics that create multiplier effects, which means that ecologically driven change can shore-up economic opportunity, can make more productive workplaces, and can help… Mehr

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ISBN: 978-1-59726-724-3
EAN: 9781597267243
Produktnummer: 10756969
Verlag: Island Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 312 S.
Masse: H23.6 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.6 cm 570 g
Gewicht: 570
Sonstiges: Undergraduate

Über den Autor

James S. Russell is the Architecture Columnist for Bloomberg News. He has written about cities, architecture, and environmental design for more than twenty years. As a longtime editor, he helped Architectural Record magazine win a National Magazine Award for General Excellence. He has written for numerous newspapers, magazines, and books and consulted to environmental organizations, cities, and architects. He teaches at the City College of New York and is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.