Seattle and the Roots of Urban Sustainability: Inventing Ecotopia Contributor(s): Sanders, Jeffrey Craig (Author) |
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ISBN: 0822962101 ISBN-13: 9780822962106 Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - History | United States - 20th Century |
Dewey: 363.7 |
Series: History of the Urban Environment |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.00 lbs) 304 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Locality - Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wa - Geographic Orientation - Washington - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Seattle, often called the "Emerald City," did not achieve its green, clean, and sustainable environment easily. This thriving ecotopia is the byproduct of continuing efforts by residents, businesses, and civic leaders alike. In Seattle and the Roots of Urban Sustainability, Jeffrey Craig Sanders examines the rise of environmental activism in Seattle amidst the "urban crisis" of the 1960s and its aftermath.
The rise and popularity of environmental consciousness among Seattle's residents came to influence everything from industry to politics, planning, and global environmental movements. Yet, as Sanders reveals, it was in the small, local struggles that urban environmental activism began. |