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RECORD NUMBER: 3 OF 10Main Title | Bird on fire : lessons from the world's least sustainable city / | ||||||||||||||||
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Author | Ross, Andrew, | ||||||||||||||||
Publisher | Oxford University Press, | ||||||||||||||||
Year Published | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||
OCLC Number | 709682916 | ||||||||||||||||
ISBN | 9780199828265; 0199828261; 9780199975525; 0199975523 | ||||||||||||||||
Subjects | Sustainable urban development--Arizona--Phoenix ; Urban ecology (Sociology)--Arizona--Phoenix ; City planning--Arizona--Phoenix ; Metropolregion ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Regionalentwicklung ; Stadtentwicklung ; Stadtgeografie ; Umweltschutz ; Phoenix, Ariz ; USA ; Metropolregion--(DE-588)7532090-3 ; Nachhaltigkeit--(DE-588)4326464-5 ; Regionalentwicklung--(DE-588)4076605-6 ; Stadtentwicklung--(DE-588)4056730-8 ; Stadtgeographie--(DE-588)4056733-3 ; Umweltschutz--(DE-588)4061644-7 ; Arizona--(DE-588)4002920-7 ; Phoenix, Ariz--(DE-588)4119970-4 ; USA--(DE-588)4078704-7 | ||||||||||||||||
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Collation | x, 297 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm | ||||||||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Notes | Gambling at the water table -- The road runner's appetite -- The battle for downtown. Artists step up ; Who can afford the Green City? -- Living downstream -- The sun always rises -- Viva los suns -- Land for the free -- Delivering the good. Discusses the modern growth of Phoenix, Arizona focusing on it's lack of sustainability and argues that to become sustainable can only occur through political and social change. |