Concrete Jungle - New York City and Our Last Best Hope for a Sustainable Future (Hardcover)

Cities need healthy chunks of the world's ecosystems to persist if they are to survive; yet cities, like parasites, grow and prosper by local destruction of these very ecosystems. In this absorbing and wide-ranging book, the authors use New York City as a microcosm to explore both the positive and negative sides of the relationship between cities, the environment, and the future of global biodiversity. They illuminate the mass of contradictions that cities present by offering the best and the worst of human existence. Eldredge and Horenstein demonstrate that, though cities have voracious appetites for resources such as food and water, they also represent the last hope for conserving healthy remnants of the world's ecosystems and species. With their concentration of human beings, they bring together centers of learning, research, government, finance, and media--institutions that increasingly play active roles in solving environmental problems.
Some of the topics covered in "Concrete Jungle"
--The geological history of the New York region, including remnant glacial features visible today
--The early days of urbanization on Manhattan Island, focusing on the history of Central Park, Collect Pond, and Manhattan Square
--The history of early railway lines and the development of New York's iconic subway system
--The problem of producing enough safe drinking water for an ever-expanding population
--Prominent civic institutions, including universities, museums, and zoos

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2014
First published:	October 2014
Authors:	Niles Eldredge • Sidney Horenstein
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-27015-2
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability Promotions
LSN:	0-520-27015-0
Barcode:	9780520270152

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