Resilient Cities: Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change

by Timothy Beatley, Heather Boyer, Peter Newman

Book Overview

The authors of this spirited book don't believe that oblivion is necessarily the destiny of urban areas. Instead, they believe that intelligent planning and visionary leadership can help cities meet the impending crises, and look to existing initiatives in cities around the world. Rather than responding with fear (as a legion of doomsaying prognosticators have done), they choose hope. This is not a book filled with "blue sky" theory (although blue...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597264997
• ISBN13: 9781597264990
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"