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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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Green Architecture
Green Architecture
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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
Environment and environmental theory
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400 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
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400 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
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- Water Environmental aspects.,
- Water Social aspects.,
- Social ecology.,
- Watershed management.,
- Sustainable architecture.,
- Eau Aspect de l'environnement.,
- Eau Aspect social.,
- Écologie sociale.,
- Bassins hydrographiques Gestion.,
- Architecture durable.,
- human ecology.,
- Water,
- City planning Environmental aspects,
- Sociale ecologie,
- Vormgeving,
- Netherlands
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Amsterdam : Valiz, 2025., [New York] : International distribution, USA/Canada/Latin America, D.A.P.
Amsterdam : Valiz, 2025., [New York] : International distribution, USA/Canada/Latin America, D.A.P.
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Water works : ecosocial design / Henriëtte Waal & Clemens Driessen (eds.) ; contributors Jon Ardern, Mari Bastashevski [and 62 others].
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Water works : ecosocial design / Henriëtte Waal & Clemens Driessen (eds.) ; contributors Jon Ardern, Mari Bastashevski [and 62 others].
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400 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
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Amsterdam : Valiz, 2025., [New York] : International distribution, USA/Canada/Latin America, D.A.P.
Amsterdam : Valiz, 2025., [New York] : International distribution, USA/Canada/Latin America, D.A.P.
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- Water Environmental aspects.,
- Water Social aspects.,
- Social ecology.,
- Watershed management.,
- Sustainable architecture.,
- Eau Aspect de l'environnement.,
- Eau Aspect social.,
- Écologie sociale.,
- Bassins hydrographiques Gestion.,
- Architecture durable.,
- human ecology.,
- Water,
- City planning Environmental aspects,
- Sociale ecologie,
- Vormgeving,
- Netherlands
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176 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 x 31 cm
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176 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 x 31 cm
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- Parks Ontario Toronto.,
- Parks Ontario Toronto Pictorial works.,
- Natural history Ontario Toronto.,
- Urban ecology (Biology) Ontario Toronto.,
- Peninsulas Ontario Toronto.,
- Parcs Ontario Toronto.,
- Parcs Ontario Toronto Ouvrages illustrés.,
- Sciences naturelles Ontario Toronto.,
- Écologie urbaine Ontario Toronto.,
- Péninsules Ontario Toronto.,
- Natural history.,
- Parks.,
- Peninsulas.,
- Urban ecology (Biology),
- Ontario Toronto.,
- Pictorial works.
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Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : Aevo UTP, an imprint of University of Toronto Press, [2020], ©2020
Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : Aevo UTP, an imprint of University of Toronto Press, [2020], ©2020
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Accidental wilderness : the origins and ecology of Toronto's Tommy Thompson Park / Walter H. Kehm ; with photographs by Robert Burley.
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176 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 x 31 cm
Accidental wilderness : the origins and ecology of Toronto's Tommy Thompson Park / Walter H. Kehm ; with photographs by Robert Burley.
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Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : Aevo UTP, an imprint of University of Toronto Press, [2020], ©2020
Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : Aevo UTP, an imprint of University of Toronto Press, [2020], ©2020
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- Parks Ontario Toronto.,
- Parks Ontario Toronto Pictorial works.,
- Natural history Ontario Toronto.,
- Urban ecology (Biology) Ontario Toronto.,
- Peninsulas Ontario Toronto.,
- Parcs Ontario Toronto.,
- Parcs Ontario Toronto Ouvrages illustrés.,
- Sciences naturelles Ontario Toronto.,
- Écologie urbaine Ontario Toronto.,
- Péninsules Ontario Toronto.,
- Natural history.,
- Parks.,
- Peninsulas.,
- Urban ecology (Biology),
- Ontario Toronto.,
- Pictorial works.
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472 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
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472 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
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- Architecture Computer-aided design Congresses.,
- Architecture Information technology Congresses.,
- Architectural design Computer-aided design Congresses.,
- Design architectural Conception assistée par ordinateur Congrès.,
- Architecture Conception assistée par ordinateur Congrès.,
- Architecture Technologie de l'information Congrès.,
- Architectural design.,
- Computer-aided design.,
- Architecture.,
- Information technology.,
- Conference publications.,
- Conference papers and proceedings
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Toronto : Riverside Architectural Press, 2013.
Toronto : Riverside Architectural Press, 2013.
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ACADIA 2013 adaptive architecture : proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture / edited by Philip Beesley, Omar Khan, Michael Stacey.
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472 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
ACADIA 2013 adaptive architecture : proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture / edited by Philip Beesley, Omar Khan, Michael Stacey.
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Toronto : Riverside Architectural Press, 2013.
Toronto : Riverside Architectural Press, 2013.
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- Architecture Computer-aided design Congresses.,
- Architecture Information technology Congresses.,
- Architectural design Computer-aided design Congresses.,
- Design architectural Conception assistée par ordinateur Congrès.,
- Architecture Conception assistée par ordinateur Congrès.,
- Architecture Technologie de l'information Congrès.,
- Architectural design.,
- Computer-aided design.,
- Architecture.,
- Information technology.,
- Conference publications.,
- Conference papers and proceedings
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vii, 160 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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vii, 160 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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- Urban ecology (Sociology),
- Urbanization Environmental aspects.,
- Cities and towns Growth.,
- Écologie urbaine.,
- Urbanisation Aspect de l'environnement.,
- Villes Croissance.,
- urban environments.,
- Stadterweiterung,
- Stadtplanung,
- Umwelt,
- Umweltbelastung,
- Verstädterung,
- Nachhaltigkeit,
- Stadtentwicklung,
- Stadsplanning.,
- Groenvoorzieningen.,
- Stadtökologie.,
- Verstädterung Umwelt.,
- urban development.,
- environmental degradation.,
- sustainable development.,
- economic growth.,
- air pollution.,
- commuting.,
- urban transport.,
- pollution control.,
- développement urbain.,
- dégradation de l'environnement.,
- développement durable.,
- croissance économique.,
- pollution atmosphérique.,
- trajet domicile-travail.,
- transport urbain.,
- lutte antipollution.,
- desarrollo urbano.,
- degradación del medio ambiente.,
- desarrollo sostenible.,
- crecimiento económico.,
- contaminación atmosférica.,
- trayecto al trabajo.,
- transporte urbano.,
- control de la contaminación.,
- USA.,
- Etats-Unis.,
- Estados Unidos.,
- stadsomgeving,
- urban environment,
- stadsontwikkeling,
- steden,
- towns,
- groei,
- growth,
- stedelijke planning,
- urban planning,
- overheidsbeleid,
- government policy,
- openbaar groen,
- public green areas,
- Urban Ecology,
- Stadsecologie,
- Book
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Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2006.
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2006.
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Green cities : urban growth and the environment / Matthew E. Kahn.
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vii, 160 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Green cities : urban growth and the environment / Matthew E. Kahn.
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Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2006.
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2006.
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- Urban ecology (Sociology),
- Urbanization Environmental aspects.,
- Cities and towns Growth.,
- Écologie urbaine.,
- Urbanisation Aspect de l'environnement.,
- Villes Croissance.,
- urban environments.,
- Stadterweiterung,
- Stadtplanung,
- Umwelt,
- Umweltbelastung,
- Verstädterung,
- Nachhaltigkeit,
- Stadtentwicklung,
- Stadsplanning.,
- Groenvoorzieningen.,
- Stadtökologie.,
- Verstädterung Umwelt.,
- urban development.,
- environmental degradation.,
- sustainable development.,
- economic growth.,
- air pollution.,
- commuting.,
- urban transport.,
- pollution control.,
- développement urbain.,
- dégradation de l'environnement.,
- développement durable.,
- croissance économique.,
- pollution atmosphérique.,
- trajet domicile-travail.,
- transport urbain.,
- lutte antipollution.,
- desarrollo urbano.,
- degradación del medio ambiente.,
- desarrollo sostenible.,
- crecimiento económico.,
- contaminación atmosférica.,
- trayecto al trabajo.,
- transporte urbano.,
- control de la contaminación.,
- USA.,
- Etats-Unis.,
- Estados Unidos.,
- stadsomgeving,
- urban environment,
- stadsontwikkeling,
- steden,
- towns,
- groei,
- growth,
- stedelijke planning,
- urban planning,
- overheidsbeleid,
- government policy,
- openbaar groen,
- public green areas,
- Urban Ecology,
- Stadsecologie,
- Book
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xii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Durham : Duke University Press, 2016.
Durham : Duke University Press, 2016.
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Geontologies : a requiem to late liberalism / Elizabeth A. Povinelli.
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Geontologies : a requiem to late liberalism / Elizabeth A. Povinelli.
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Durham : Duke University Press, 2016.
Durham : Duke University Press, 2016.
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1 online resource (104 pages)
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- Self-destructive behavior.,
- Self-injurious behavior.,
- Attention-seeking.,
- Violence in art.,
- Violence.,
- Self-Injurious Behavior,
- Comportement autodestructeur.,
- Automutilation.,
- Besoin d'attirer l'attention.,
- Violence dans l'art.,
- violence.,
- Discursive works.,
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.,
- book.
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London : Repeater, [2022], ©2022
London : Repeater, [2022], ©2022
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Which as you know means violence : on self-injury as art and entertainment / Philippa Snow.
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1 online resource (104 pages)
Which as you know means violence : on self-injury as art and entertainment / Philippa Snow.
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London : Repeater, [2022], ©2022
London : Repeater, [2022], ©2022
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- Self-destructive behavior.,
- Self-injurious behavior.,
- Attention-seeking.,
- Violence in art.,
- Violence.,
- Self-Injurious Behavior,
- Comportement autodestructeur.,
- Automutilation.,
- Besoin d'attirer l'attention.,
- Violence dans l'art.,
- violence.,
- Discursive works.,
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.,
- book.
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Material Cultures 2021
Material Cultures 2021
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xiii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Washington, DC : Island Press, [2018], ©2018
Washington, DC : Island Press, [2018], ©2018
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Building the cycling city : the Dutch blueprint for urban vitality / Melissa Bruntlett and Chris Bruntlett.
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xiii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Building the cycling city : the Dutch blueprint for urban vitality / Melissa Bruntlett and Chris Bruntlett.
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Washington, DC : Island Press, [2018], ©2018
Washington, DC : Island Press, [2018], ©2018
