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America's Most Sustainable Cities and Regions - Surviving the 21st Century Megatrends (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016)
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America's Most Sustainable Cities and Regions - Surviving the 21st Century Megatrends (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016)
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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.
Finite resources will mean profound changes for society in general
and the energy-intensive lifestyles of the US and Canada in
particular. But not all regions are equally vulnerable to these
21st-century megatrends. Are you ready to look beyond "America's
Most Livable Cities" to the critical factors that will determine
the sustainability of your municipality and region? Find out where
your city or region ranks according to the forces that will impact
our lives in the next years and decades. Find out how: *resource
availability and ecological services shaped the modern landscape
*emerging megatrends will make cities and regions more or less
livable in the new century *your city or region ranks on a
"sustainability" map of the United States *urban metabolism puts
large cities at particular risk *sustainability factors will favor
economic solutions at a local, rather than global, level *these
principles apply to industrial economies and countries globally.
This book should be cited as follows: J. Day, C. Hall, E. Roy, M.
Moersbaecher, C. D'Elia, D. Pimentel, and A. Yanez. 2016. America's
most sustainable cities and regions: Surviving the 21st century
megatrends. Springer, New York. 348 p.
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