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In 1950, only 30 percent of the world's population lived in cities. By 2007, the planet's population has doubled, and today, as many people live in cities as populated the entire planet in 1950. Eighty percent of the planet's greenhouse gases are created by these energy-intensive urban centers. Thus, the key to creating climate change solutions resides with cities.(...)
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In 1950, only 30 percent of the world's population lived in cities. By 2007, the planet's population has doubled, and today, as many people live in cities as populated the entire planet in 1950. Eighty percent of the planet's greenhouse gases are created by these energy-intensive urban centers. Thus, the key to creating climate change solutions resides with cities.(...)
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Urban meltdown: cities, climate change and politics as usual
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In 1950, only 30 percent of the world's population lived in cities. By 2007, the planet's population has doubled, and today, as many people live in cities as populated the entire planet in 1950. Eighty percent of the planet's greenhouse gases are created by these energy-intensive urban centers. Thus, the key to creating climate change solutions resides with cities. Author and Ottawa city councilor Clive Doucet provides a razor-sharp insider's perspective, stating his central theme: "It's not about planning. It's about politics." Climate change is proceeding so quickly not for lack of knowledge, but because politicians who deviate from the car-based sprawl model cannot get elected. Urban Meltdown describes how we got here, why we got here, and what can be done about it, as evidenced by the author's observations that: Economic growth has no built-in environmental accountability. Until the political thinking about growth and the progress model itself is changed, our environmental concerns will never be properly addressed. We need a new governance paradigm at all three levels. The cautionary tale of how the 1960s tried to take us down a different route failed, not for lack of leadership but because the system didn't permit it. Urban Meltdown reveals, castigates, and inspires. This is an important book for anyone who cares about thinking differently, acting differently, and making a difference. Clive Doucet is an urban activist, well-known journalist, best-selling author, and the first poet ever elected to Ottawa City Council.
Urban meltdown: cities, climate change and politics as usual
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In 1950, only 30 percent of the world's population lived in cities. By 2007, the planet's population has doubled, and today, as many people live in cities as populated the entire planet in 1950. Eighty percent of the planet's greenhouse gases are created by these energy-intensive urban centers. Thus, the key to creating climate change solutions resides with cities. Author and Ottawa city councilor Clive Doucet provides a razor-sharp insider's perspective, stating his central theme: "It's not about planning. It's about politics." Climate change is proceeding so quickly not for lack of knowledge, but because politicians who deviate from the car-based sprawl model cannot get elected. Urban Meltdown describes how we got here, why we got here, and what can be done about it, as evidenced by the author's observations that: Economic growth has no built-in environmental accountability. Until the political thinking about growth and the progress model itself is changed, our environmental concerns will never be properly addressed. We need a new governance paradigm at all three levels. The cautionary tale of how the 1960s tried to take us down a different route failed, not for lack of leadership but because the system didn't permit it. Urban Meltdown reveals, castigates, and inspires. This is an important book for anyone who cares about thinking differently, acting differently, and making a difference. Clive Doucet is an urban activist, well-known journalist, best-selling author, and the first poet ever elected to Ottawa City Council.
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October 2007, Gabriola Island
October 2007, Gabriola Island
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This important book tells the multifaceted story of humankind’s relationship with flooding, a story that is permeated with a history of both worship and fear. Modern water engineering has turned plains and valleys into fully inhabitable environments. At the same time, those environments have become highly vulnerable to climate change. In efforts to prevent future floods,(...)
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This important book tells the multifaceted story of humankind’s relationship with flooding, a story that is permeated with a history of both worship and fear. Modern water engineering has turned plains and valleys into fully inhabitable environments. At the same time, those environments have become highly vulnerable to climate change. In efforts to prevent future floods,(...)
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Floodscapes: contemporary landscape strategies in times of climate change
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This important book tells the multifaceted story of humankind’s relationship with flooding, a story that is permeated with a history of both worship and fear. Modern water engineering has turned plains and valleys into fully inhabitable environments. At the same time, those environments have become highly vulnerable to climate change. In efforts to prevent future floods, countries are rediscovering adaptation strategies: making room for flooding, redistributing risks and reconsidering the use and legal status of floodplains. Through historical investigations and six contemporary projects implemented in four European countries, "Floodscapes" illustrates how flood-mitigation measures can be embedded in local space and culture. Merged with landscape development, agriculture, recreation, nature, and even urban growth, river management becomes a design issue, giving landscape architects and urban designers a prominent role in future transitions. This book provides an in-depth look into the most common natural disaster in the US, and the innovative solutions that have arisen.
Floodscapes: contemporary landscape strategies in times of climate change
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This important book tells the multifaceted story of humankind’s relationship with flooding, a story that is permeated with a history of both worship and fear. Modern water engineering has turned plains and valleys into fully inhabitable environments. At the same time, those environments have become highly vulnerable to climate change. In efforts to prevent future floods, countries are rediscovering adaptation strategies: making room for flooding, redistributing risks and reconsidering the use and legal status of floodplains. Through historical investigations and six contemporary projects implemented in four European countries, "Floodscapes" illustrates how flood-mitigation measures can be embedded in local space and culture. Merged with landscape development, agriculture, recreation, nature, and even urban growth, river management becomes a design issue, giving landscape architects and urban designers a prominent role in future transitions. This book provides an in-depth look into the most common natural disaster in the US, and the innovative solutions that have arisen.
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June 2021
June 2021
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Environment and environmental theory
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A new dimension in green infrastructure : the case of the green wall / by Carolyn Anne Fahey.
A new dimension in green infrastructure : the case of the green wall / by Carolyn Anne Fahey.
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1 online resource (1 electronic file (112 pages))
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[Denver, Colo.] : [Auraria Library], 2017
[Denver, Colo.] : [Auraria Library], 2017
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A new dimension in green infrastructure : the case of the green wall / by Carolyn Anne Fahey.
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[Denver, Colo.] : [Auraria Library], 2017
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xv, [1], [1]-361, [1], [I]-VIII, [i]-xi, [1] pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, 8 maps ; 25 cm
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xv, [1], [1]-361, [1], [I]-VIII, [i]-xi, [1] pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, 8 maps ; 25 cm
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Ottawa : Printed by J. de L. Tache, printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1914.
Ottawa : Printed by J. de L. Tache, printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1914.
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The unexploited West : a compilation of all of the authentic information available at the present time as to the natural resources of the unexploited regions of northern Canada / by Major Ernest J. Chambers ... ; published under the direction of F.C.C. Lynch, Superintendent of the Railway Lands Branch, Department of the Interior, Hon. W.J. Roche, Minister.
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xv, [1], [1]-361, [1], [I]-VIII, [i]-xi, [1] pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, 8 maps ; 25 cm
The unexploited West : a compilation of all of the authentic information available at the present time as to the natural resources of the unexploited regions of northern Canada / by Major Ernest J. Chambers ... ; published under the direction of F.C.C. Lynch, Superintendent of the Railway Lands Branch, Department of the Interior, Hon. W.J. Roche, Minister.
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xv, [1], [1]-361, [1], [I]-VIII, [i]-xi, [1] pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, 8 maps ; 25 cm
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Ottawa : Printed by J. de L. Tache, printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1914.
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142 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Hull, Québec : Editions Asticou ; Ville Saint-Laurent, Québec : Diffusion Prologue, ©1986.
Hull, Québec : Editions Asticou ; Ville Saint-Laurent, Québec : Diffusion Prologue, ©1986.
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Caledonia Springs : gloire et déclin de la plus importante ville d'eaux du Canada, 1835-1915 / Michel Prévost.
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142 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Caledonia Springs : gloire et déclin de la plus importante ville d'eaux du Canada, 1835-1915 / Michel Prévost.
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Hull, Québec : Editions Asticou ; Ville Saint-Laurent, Québec : Diffusion Prologue, ©1986.
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257 pages ; 19 cm.
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Montréal (Québec) : Éditions Écosociété, [2023], ©2023
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La tentation écofasciste : écologie et extrême droite / Pierre Madelin.
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La tentation écofasciste : écologie et extrême droite / Pierre Madelin.
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Montréal (Québec) : Éditions Écosociété, [2023], ©2023
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Fort Worth, Tex. : Moreland Associates, ©1981.
Fort Worth, Tex. : Moreland Associates, ©1981.
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Earth-covered buildings : an exploratory analysis for hazard and energy performance / [edited by Frank L. Moreland and others] ; prepared for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Division of Mitigation and Research.
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Earth-covered buildings : an exploratory analysis for hazard and energy performance / [edited by Frank L. Moreland and others] ; prepared for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Division of Mitigation and Research.
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Fort Worth, Tex. : Moreland Associates, ©1981.
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347 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cm.
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Toulouse : Presses universitaires du Midi, [2016], ©2016
Toulouse : Presses universitaires du Midi, [2016], ©2016
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Fortifier la montagne (XVIIIe-XXe siècle) : histoire, reconversion et perspectives de mise en valeur du patrimoine militaire en montagne / sousa la direction de Émilie d' Orgeix et Nicolas Meynen.
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Fortifier la montagne (XVIIIe-XXe siècle) : histoire, reconversion et perspectives de mise en valeur du patrimoine militaire en montagne / sousa la direction de Émilie d' Orgeix et Nicolas Meynen.
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Toulouse : Presses universitaires du Midi, [2016], ©2016
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Though the effects of climate change are more visible every year, it is still largely not a tangible phenomenon in day-to-day life—which is one of the reasons it’s hard to galvanize action to prevent it. The Climate Garden experience attempts to solve that problem by enabling people to experience the anticipated effects of climate change firsthand. How will the vegetation(...)
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Though the effects of climate change are more visible every year, it is still largely not a tangible phenomenon in day-to-day life—which is one of the reasons it’s hard to galvanize action to prevent it. The Climate Garden experience attempts to solve that problem by enabling people to experience the anticipated effects of climate change firsthand. How will the vegetation(...)
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Climate garden 2085: handbook for a public experiment
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Though the effects of climate change are more visible every year, it is still largely not a tangible phenomenon in day-to-day life—which is one of the reasons it’s hard to galvanize action to prevent it. The Climate Garden experience attempts to solve that problem by enabling people to experience the anticipated effects of climate change firsthand. How will the vegetation common to a place change? What food will we be eating in consequence? This book, illustrated with atmospheric images by photographer Nina Mann, serves as a manual for the implementation of such a public experiment on a local or regional level anywhere in the world. Contributions by human geographers, art historians, and ecologists are complemented by a step-by-step guide to creating a climate garden so that people can begin to truly grasp the reality of the problem and its effects.
Climate garden 2085: handbook for a public experiment
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Though the effects of climate change are more visible every year, it is still largely not a tangible phenomenon in day-to-day life—which is one of the reasons it’s hard to galvanize action to prevent it. The Climate Garden experience attempts to solve that problem by enabling people to experience the anticipated effects of climate change firsthand. How will the vegetation common to a place change? What food will we be eating in consequence? This book, illustrated with atmospheric images by photographer Nina Mann, serves as a manual for the implementation of such a public experiment on a local or regional level anywhere in the world. Contributions by human geographers, art historians, and ecologists are complemented by a step-by-step guide to creating a climate garden so that people can begin to truly grasp the reality of the problem and its effects.
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October 2017
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xiv, 239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
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University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2018], ©2018
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2018], ©2018
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Landscape into eco art : articulations of nature since the '60s / Mark A. Cheetham.
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