| Alternative Routes to the Sustainable City: Austin, Curitiba, and Frankfurt Contributor(s): Moore, Steven a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0739115332 ISBN-13: 9780739115336 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $120.78 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: Dr. Steven A. Moore investigates the exemplary cities of Austin, Texas, Curitiba, Brazil, and Frankfurt, Germany to examine how each city has approached and maintained sustainability, and thus stimulated economic growth, preserved threatened ecosystems, and improved social equity. These three cities have successfully developed different dispositions toward politics, nature, and technology, proving that there is no single abstract model or universal checklist but different approaches for different people. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development - Business & Economics | Development - Sustainable Development |
| Dewey: 307.76 |
| LCCN: 2006023016 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.20 lbs) 262 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Texas - Locality - Austin-San Marcos, Texas - Cultural Region - Latin America - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Alternative Routes to the Sustainable City offers a unique and thorough analysis of three major cities and their individual paths toward sustainable development. Dr. Steven A. Moore investigates the exemplary cities of Austin, Texas, Curitiba, Brazil, and Frankfurt, Germany to examine how each city has approached and maintained sustainability, and thus stimulated economic growth, preserved threatened ecosystems, and improved social equity. These three cities have successfully developed different dispositions toward politics, nature, and technology, proving that there is no single abstract model or universal checklist but different approaches for different people. Incorporating interviews with the citizens themselves with current topographical research, Moore critically questions the relationship between sustainability and democracy. Alternative Routes to the Sustainable City is a necessary and pivotal read that will appeal to scholars of environmental studies and those interested in city development. |