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| Main Title | Bird on fire : lessons from the world's least sustainable city / | |||||||||||
| Author | Ross, Andrew, | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 2011 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 709682916 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 9780199828265 (hbk. : alk. paper); 0199828261 (hbk. : alk. paper) | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Sustainable urban development--Arizona--Phoenix. ; Urban ecology (Sociology)--Arizona--Phoenix. ; City planning--Arizona--Phoenix. ; 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 ; City planning. ; Sustainable urban development. ; Urban ecology (Sociology) ; Arizona--Phoenix. | |||||||||||
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| Collation | x, 297 p. : ill., 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. |