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Author Owen, David, 1955-

Title Green metropolis : why living smaller, living closer, and driving less are keys to sustainability / David Owen.

Publication Info. New York : Riverhead Books, [2009]
©2009

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Location Call No. Status
 Cato Library - Circulating Collection  GF504.N7 O95 2009    Available
 Central Library - Circulating Collection  GF504 .N7 O95 2009    Available
 Levine Library - Circulating Collection  GF504.N7 O95 2009    Available
Description 357 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Table of contents -- More like Manhattan -- Liquid civilization -- There and back -- The great outdoors -- Embodied efficiency -- The shape of things to come.
Summary Upending the environmentalist viewpoint that urban areas are "anti-green," New Yorker staff writer David Owen argues that sustainability is achieved in areas like New York City, while open space, backyard compost heaps, locavorism and high-tech gadgetry like solar panels and triple-paned windows are formulas for wasteful sprawl and green-washed consumerism.
Subject Human ecology -- New York (State) -- New York.
Urban ecology (Sociology) -- New York (State) -- New York.
Social ecology -- New York (State) -- New York.
Sustainable living -- New York (State) -- New York.
Sustainable architecture -- New York (State) -- New York.
Green technology -- New York (State) -- New York.
New York (N.Y.) -- Environmental conditions.
ISBN 9781594488825
1594488827
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