Ecocities : building cities in balance with nature.
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Author / Creator: | Register, Richard, 1943- |
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Edition: | Rev. ed. |
Imprint: | Gabriola Island, BC : New Society Publishers, c2006. |
Description: | xxv, 371 p. ; 23 cm. |
Language: | English |
Subject: | City planning -- Environmental aspects. Urban ecology (Sociology). Sustainable development. City planning -- Environmental aspects. Sustainable development. Urban ecology (Sociology) |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6009908 |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. As we build, so shall we live
- Ch. 2. The city in evolution
- Ch. 3. The city in nature
- Ch. 4. The city in history
- Ch. 5. The city today
- Ch. 6. Access and transportation
- Ch. 7. What to build
- Ch. 8. Plunge on in!
- Ch. 9. Personal odyssey
- Ch. 10. Tools to fit the task
- Ch. 11. What the fast-breaking news may mean
- Ch. 12. Toward strategies for success
- Afterword : rebuilding New Orleans.