From the Ground Up: Local Efforts to Create Resilient Cities
- ISBN-10
- 1610918967
- ISBN-13
- 9781610918961
- Series
- From the Ground Up
- Category
- Architecture
- Pages
- 296
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022-01-11
- Publisher
- Island Press
- Author
- Alison Sant
Description
In From the Ground Up: Local Efforts to Create Resilient Cities, design expert Alison Sant focuses on the unique ways in which US cities are working to mitigate and adapt to climate change while creating equitable and livable communities. Sant presents 12 case studies, drawn from research and over 90 interviews with people who are working in these communities to make a difference. These efforts show how US cities are reclaiming their streets from cars, restoring watersheds, growing forests, and adapting shorelines to improve people's lives while addressing our changing climate. From the Ground Up is a call to action. When we make the places we live more climate resilient, we need to acknowledge and address the history of social and racial injustice. Advocates, non-profit organizations, community-based groups, and government officials will find examples of how to build alliances to support and embolden this vision together.
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