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America’s Most Sustainable Cities and Regions

Surviving the 21st Century Megatrends

Produktform: E-Buch Text Elektronisches Buch in proprietärem

This book takes you on a unique journey through American history, taking time to consider the forces that shaped the development of various cities and regions, and arrives at an unexpected conclusion regarding sustainability. From the American Dream to globalization to the digital and information revolutions, we assume that humans have taken control of our collective destinies in spite of potholes in the road such as the Great Recession of 2007-2009. However, these attitudes were formed during a unique 100-year period of human history in which a large but finite supply of fossil fuels was tapped to feed our economic and innovation engine. Today, at the peak of the Oil Age, the horizon looks different. Cities such as Los Angeles, Phoenix and Las Vegas are situated where water and other vital ecological services are scarce, and the enormous flows of resources and energy that were needed to create the megalopolises of the 20th century will prove unsustainable. Climate change is a reality, and regional impacts will become increasingly severe. Economies such as Las Vegas, which are dependent on discretionary income and buffeted by climate change, are already suffering the fate of the proverbial canary in the coal mine. Find out how: ·these principles apply to industrial economies and countries globally. weiterlesen

Elektronisches Format: PDF

Sprache(n): Englisch

ISBN: 978-1-4939-3243-6 / 978-1493932436 / 9781493932436

Verlag: Springer US

Erscheinungsdatum: 23.01.2016

Seiten: 348

Beiträge von David Pimentel, Eric Roy, Matthew Moerschbaecher, Christopher D'Elia, Alejandro Yáñez-Arancibia, Chris D'Elia
Autor(en): Charles A.S. Hall, John W. Day, Charles Hall

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