This thoroughly illustrated collection of essays, written by scholars as well as practitioners of urban policy, gives a panoramic view of sustainability and environmental issues for green-minded city planners, policy makers, researchers, and citizens.
This thoroughly illustrated collection of essays, written by scholars as well as practitioners of urban policy, gives a panoramic view of sustainability and environmental issues for green-minded city planners, policy makers, researchers, and citizens.
Eugenie L. Birch is the Lawrence C. Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research and Education; Chair of the Graduate Group in City and Regional Planning, School of Design; and Co-Director, Penn Institute for Urban Research, at the University of Pennsylvania. Susan M. Wachter is the Albert Sussman Professor of Real Estate and Professor of Finance, The Wharton School; Professor of City and Regional Planning, School of Design; and Co-Director, Penn Institute for Urban Research, at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Preface: Common Ground, Common Good —Amy Gutmann Introduction Urban Greening and the Green City Ideal —Eugenie L. Birch, Susan M. Wachter PT. I GREENING AT EVERY SCALE: NATION TO ROOF TOPS 1. Taking the Initiative: Why Cities Are Greening Now —Tom Daniels 2. Growing Greener Regions —Robert D. Yaro, David M. Kooris 3. The Inter-Regional Dimension: The Greening of London and the Wider South East —Robin Thompson 4. Greening Cities: A Public Realm Approach —Alexander Garvin 5. Growing Greener, New York Style —Rachel Weinberger 6. Greener Homes, Greener Cities: Expanding Affordable Housing and Strengthening Cities Through Sustainable Residential Development —Stockton Williams, Dana L. Bourland PT. II GETTING GREENING DONE 7. Urban Stream Restoration: Recovering Ecological Services in Degraded Watersheds —Rutherford H. Platt, Timothy Beatley, Sarah Michaels, Nancy Goucher, Beth Fenstermacher 8. The Role of Citizen Activists in Urban Infrastructure Development —Paul R. Brown 9. Blue-Green Practices: Why They Work and Why They Have Been So Difficult to Implement Through Public Policy —Charlie Miller Miller 10. The Roots of the Urban Greening Movement Victor Rubin Rubin, Victor 187 11. Leveraging Media for Social Change Harry Wiland Wiland, Harry Dale Bell Bell, Dale 207 12. Transformation Through Greening J. Blaine Bonham, Jr. Bonham, J.Blaine, Jr. Patricia L. Smith Smith, Patricia L. 227 13. Community Development Finance and the Green City Jeremy Nowak Nowak, Jeremy 244 14. Growing Edible Cities Domenic Vitiello Vitiello, Domenic 259 PT. III MEASURING URBAN GREENING 15. Ecosystem Services and the Green City —Dennis D. Hirsch 16. Metro Nature: Its Functions, Benefits, and Values —Kathleen L. Wolf 17. Green Investment Strategies: How They Matter for Urban Neighborhoods —Susan M. Wachter, Kevin C. Gillen, Carolyn R. Brown 18. Measuring the Economic Impacts of Greening: The Center for Neighborhood Technology Green Values Calculator —Julia Kennedy, Julia Peter Haas, Peter Bill Eyring 19. What Makes Today's Green City? —Warren Karlenzig Afterword —Neal Peirce Peirce Notes List of Contributors
Preface: Common Ground, Common Good —Amy Gutmann Introduction Urban Greening and the Green City Ideal —Eugenie L. Birch, Susan M. Wachter PT. I GREENING AT EVERY SCALE: NATION TO ROOF TOPS 1. Taking the Initiative: Why Cities Are Greening Now —Tom Daniels 2. Growing Greener Regions —Robert D. Yaro, David M. Kooris 3. The Inter-Regional Dimension: The Greening of London and the Wider South East —Robin Thompson 4. Greening Cities: A Public Realm Approach —Alexander Garvin 5. Growing Greener, New York Style —Rachel Weinberger 6. Greener Homes, Greener Cities: Expanding Affordable Housing and Strengthening Cities Through Sustainable Residential Development —Stockton Williams, Dana L. Bourland PT. II GETTING GREENING DONE 7. Urban Stream Restoration: Recovering Ecological Services in Degraded Watersheds —Rutherford H. Platt, Timothy Beatley, Sarah Michaels, Nancy Goucher, Beth Fenstermacher 8. The Role of Citizen Activists in Urban Infrastructure Development —Paul R. Brown 9. Blue-Green Practices: Why They Work and Why They Have Been So Difficult to Implement Through Public Policy —Charlie Miller Miller 10. The Roots of the Urban Greening Movement Victor Rubin Rubin, Victor 187 11. Leveraging Media for Social Change Harry Wiland Wiland, Harry Dale Bell Bell, Dale 207 12. Transformation Through Greening J. Blaine Bonham, Jr. Bonham, J.Blaine, Jr. Patricia L. Smith Smith, Patricia L. 227 13. Community Development Finance and the Green City Jeremy Nowak Nowak, Jeremy 244 14. Growing Edible Cities Domenic Vitiello Vitiello, Domenic 259 PT. III MEASURING URBAN GREENING 15. Ecosystem Services and the Green City —Dennis D. Hirsch 16. Metro Nature: Its Functions, Benefits, and Values —Kathleen L. Wolf 17. Green Investment Strategies: How They Matter for Urban Neighborhoods —Susan M. Wachter, Kevin C. Gillen, Carolyn R. Brown 18. Measuring the Economic Impacts of Greening: The Center for Neighborhood Technology Green Values Calculator —Julia Kennedy, Julia Peter Haas, Peter Bill Eyring 19. What Makes Today's Green City? —Warren Karlenzig Afterword —Neal Peirce Peirce Notes List of Contributors
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