Green city : people, nature, and urban places /

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Author / Creator:	Soderstrom, Mary, 1942-
Imprint:	Montreal : Véhicule Press, c2006.
Description:	244 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Urban ecology (Sociology. Human ecology. Community development, Urban -- Environmental aspects. City planning -- Environmental aspects. Urban plants. Urban ecology (Sociology) City planning -- Environmental aspects. Community development, Urban -- Environmental aspects. Human ecology. Urban plants.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6204314

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ISBN:	1550652079 9781550652079
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references: p. 229-239.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The First Cities: Babylon and Princess Amytis's Garden
Provins: The Legacy of Walled Cities
The City of London, Bloomsbury and Richmond: The Transformation of the City on the Thames
Hamilton, Ontario: City Beautiful and Steeltown
Chicago: Balloons and White Flight
Irvine, California: The Ultimate Planned Suburb
Singapore: The Realm of the Philosopher King
Tanga, Tanzania: Colonial Town, World Heritage Future?
Kochi, India: The Green Gem on the Arabian Sea
Shanghai: Creative Destruction
Spo Paulo: No Limits to Growth
Babylon Revisited -- and What That Means

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