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Author Owen, David, 1955-

Title Green metropolis [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] why living smaller, living closer, and driving less are the keys to sustainability / David Owen.

Publication Info. New York : Riverhead Books, [2009]
©2009
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Description 357 pages ; 22 cm
Summary Upending the environmentalist viewpoint that urban areas are "anti-green," New Yorker staff writer David Owen argues that sustainability is achieved in areas like New York City, while open space, backyard compost heaps, locavorism and high-tech gadgetry like solar panels and triple-paned windows are formulas for wasteful sprawl and green-washed consumerism.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents More like Manhattan -- Liquid civilization -- There and back -- The great outdoors -- Embodied efficiency -- The shape of things to come.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. New York : Penguin USA, Inc., 2009. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1176 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 325 KB).
Subject Human ecology -- New York (State) -- New York.
Urban ecology (Sociology) -- New York (State) -- New York.
Social ecology -- New York (State) -- New York.
Sustainable living -- New York (State) -- New York.
Sustainable architecture -- New York (State) -- New York.
Green technology -- New York (State) -- New York.
New York (N.Y.) -- Environmental conditions.
Genre Electronic books.
Note Subtitle from cover: What the city can teach the country about true sustainability
Other Form: Original 1594488827 (DLC) 2009017116 (OCoLC)311778342
ISBN 9781101139400 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
1101139404 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
9781101140314 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
1101140313 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
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