In our peak oil, post-Katrina world, how do America's largest cities stack up in terms of sustainability? Which cities are self-sufficient and well-prepared for our uncertain future, and which cities are operating business-as-usual? ? How Green is Your City? examines the outcome of a sustainability study of the fifty largest US cities, compiled? by SustainLane.com. The 2006 SustainLane.com Sustainable Cities Ranking employed fifteen standards to measure each city's performance and ranked them according to the cumulative results. Among those standards: ? Public transitAir and tap water qualityPlanning/land useCity innovationAffordabilityEnergy/climateLocal food/agricultureGreen economy? Portland, Oregon, with its high quality of life and commitment to green building technology, leads the pack, while Columbus, Ohio, with its dependence on the automobile and poor public transit, ranks at the bottom. ? How Green is Your City? offers an in-depth analysis of each city's policies, strengths and challenges, as well as the emerging job and tax base expansion with the growth of clean technologies. ?How Green is Your City? will appeal to city planners, councilors, and anyone interested in making their city a more sustainable place. SustainLane.com was designed as an online community-drivensite devoted to green businesses, government, products, and services. Writers Warren Karlenzig, Frank Marquardt, Paula White, Rachel Yaseen and Richard Young of SustainLane.com contributed to this project.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
New Society Publishers, The Limited
ISBN-10
0865715955
ISBN-13
9780865715950
eBay Product ID (ePID)
60311506
Product Key Features
Book Title
How Green Is Your City? : the Sustainlane U. S. City Rankings
Author
Warren Karlenzig
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Topic
Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
7.5in
Item Weight
15.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
As Told to
Marquardt, Frank, Yaseen, Rachel, Young, Richard, White, Paula