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008			140421s2014 cauab b 001 0 eng c
010			_a 2014014646
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020			_a9780520270152 _q(cloth ; _qalk. paper)
020			_a0520270150 _q(cloth ; _qalk. paper)
020			_z9780520958302 _q(ebook)
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035			_a(OCoLC)877369534 _z(OCoLC)899153908 _z(OCoLC)935948379
050	0	0	_aHT243.U62 _bN736 2014
082	0	0	_a307.7609747 _223
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100	1		_aEldredge, Niles, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aConcrete jungle : _bNew York City and our last best hope for a sustainable future / _cNiles Eldredge and Sidney Horenstein.
264		1	_aOakland, California : _bUniversity of California Press, _c[2014]
300			_aix, 276 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"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"--Provided by publisher.
505	0		_aRegarding broadway : the urban saga and the New York microcosm -- Forest primeval -- Building stones -- Landscape transformed -- Around the American Museum of Natural History -- East River shoreline -- Growth of the concrete jungle -- Hundred and Fifty-fifth Street -- Queensboro Bridge and East River -- Fouling, and cleaning, the nest -- The high bridge -- Invasion and survival -- John Torrey -- Fort Tryon Park -- The Battery -- The Sea Wall -- Resilience, restoration, and redemption -- Canyonlands and the future -- Cities, globalization, and the future of biodiversity.
650		0	_aUrban ecology (Sociology) _zNew York (State) _zNew York.
650		0	_aUrban geography _zNew York (State) _zNew York.
650		0	_aEnvironmental degradation _zNew York (State) _zNew York.
650		0	_aBiodiversity _zNew York (State) _zNew York.
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE _xSociology _xUrban. _2bisacsh
650		7	_a _2eclas
650		7	_aChangement climatique. _2eclas
650		7	_aEcologie. _2eclas
650		7	_aEffets sur l'environnement. _2eclas
650		7	_a _2eclas
650		7	_aVilles. _2eclas
650		7	_aZones urbaines. _2eclas
651		7	_a _2eclas
650		7	_aBiodiversity. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01429860
650		7	_aEnvironmental degradation. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00912877
650		7	_aUrban ecology (Sociology) _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01733718
650		7	_aUrban geography. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01162435
651		7	_aNew York (State) _zNew York. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01204333
650		7	_aStadssociologi _x _zNew York. _2sao
650		7	_aStadsgeografi _zNew York. _2sao
650		7	_a _zNew York. _2sao
650		7	_a _zNew York. _2sao
700	1		_aHorenstein, Sidney S., _eauthor.
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