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- Urban jungle : the history and future of nature in the city / by Wilson, Ben,1980-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In this exhilarating look at cities, past and future, Ben Wilson proposes that, in our world of rising seas and threatening weather, the natural world may prove the city's savior. Since the beginning of civilization, humans have built cities to wall nature out, then glorified it in beloved but quite artificial parks. In Urban Jungle, Ben Wilson--the author of Metropolis, a seven-thousand-year history of cities that the Wall Street Journal called "a towering achievement"--looks to the fraught relationship between nature and the city for clues to how the planet can survive in an age of climate crisis. Whether it was the market farmers of Paris, Germans in medieval forest cities, or the Aztecs in the floating city of Tenochtitlan, pre-modern humans had an essential bond with nature. But when the day came that water was piped in and food flown from distant fields, that relationship was lost. Today, urban areas are the fastest-growing habitat on Earth and in Urban Jungle Ben Wilson finds that we are at last acknowledging that human engineering is not enough to protect us from extremes of weather. He takes us to places where efforts to rewild the city are under way: to Los Angeles, where the city's concrete river will run blue again, to New York City, where a bleak landfill will be a vast grassland preserve. The pinnacle of this strategy will be Amsterdam: a city that is its own ecosystem, that makes no waste and produces its own energy. In many cities, Wilson finds, nature is already thriving. Koalas are settling in Brisbane, wild boar may raid your picnic in Berlin. Green canopies, wildflowers, wildlife: the things that will help cities survive, he notes, also make people happy. Urban Jungle offers the pleasures of history--how backyard gardens spread exotic species all over the world, how war produces biodiversity--alongside a fantastic vision of the lush green cities of our future. Climate change, Ben Wilson believes, is only the latest chapter in the dramatic human story of nature and the city"--- Subjects: Climatic changes.; Urban ecology (Biology); Urban ecology (Sociology);
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- What's wild outside your door? : discovering nature in the city / by Wohlleben, Peter,1964-; Wuthrich, Belle,1989-;
"In this fascinating and interactive guide, kids will learn about how birds build their nests on bridges, where salamanders and toads hide, and how plants push through sidewalk cracks"--- Subjects: Urban animals; Urban ecology (Sociology);
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- The new urban crisis : how our cities are increasing inequality, deepening segregation, and failing the middle class-- and what we can do about it / by Florida, Richard L.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- Subjects: Urbanization; Urban policy; Equality; Sociology, Urban;
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- Rat City : Overcrowding and Urban Derangement in the Rodent Universes of John B. Calhoun. by Adams, Jon.;
In 'Rat City', learn how one experiment in rat behaviour effected the re-making of society in the post-WWII boom years. This book is an enthralling mix of dystopian science and urban history whose relevance becomes more obvious as societies confront ecological collapse and social unrest in an increasingly crowded world.Library Bound Incorporated- Subjects: NATURE / Animals / General; SCIENCE / Experiments & Projects; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban;
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- Earth-friendly buildings, bridges and more : the eco-journal of Corry Lapont / by Kaner, Etta.; MacEachern, Stephen.;
LSC- Subjects: Sustainable architecture; Urban ecology (Sociology);
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- Solved : how the world's great cities are fixing the climate crisis / by Miller, David,1958-author.; McKibben, Bill,writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."If our planet is going to survive the climate crisis, we need to act rapidly. We cannot wait for national governments to agree on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and keep the average temperature rise to within the 1.5 degrees scientists agree is needed to stave off cataclysmic consequences. David Miller argues that cities are taking action on climate change because they can--and because they must. His makes a clear-eyed and compelling case that if replicated at pace and scale, the actions leading global cities have taken to protect their citizens and become more resilient point the way to creating a more sustainable planet."--- Subjects: City planning; Climate change mitigation; Sustainable urban development; Urban ecology (Sociology); Urban policy;
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- Eyes on the street : the life of Jane Jacobs / by Kanigel, Robert,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- Subjects: Biographies.; Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006.; City planners; City planners; City planning; City planning; Sociology, Urban; Urban renewal; Urban renewal;
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- This is how it ends / by Dolan, Eva,author.;
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- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Gentrification; Relocation (Housing); Environmental refugees; Homeless families; Murder; Secrecy; Sociology, Urban; Life change events;
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- Liberty City. by George, Samuel,film director.; Bertelsmann Foundation Documentary Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Bertelsmann Foundation Documentary Films in 2020.Far removed from the beaches of Miami’s south coast, Liberty City was created in the 1930s as a segregated neighborhood for Miami’s African American residents. Today, the historic area faces many challenges familiar to urban centers across the United States. This film focuses on community-led efforts to revitalize the neighborhood. From the Circle of Brotherhood, to a teenage art collective, to a police officer in his hometown, this film investigates the past, present and future of Liberty City.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; African Americans.; Racism.;
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- Finding Larkspur : a return to village life / by Needles, Dan,author.;
"Bestselling chronicler of village life Dan Needles (author of the Wingfield Farm stage plays) leads an insightful and laugh-out-loud tour through the quirks and customs of today's Canadian small town. Modern literature has not been kind to village life. For almost two centuries, small towns have been portrayed as backward, insular places needing to be escaped. But anthropologists tell us that the human species has spent more than 100,000 years living in villages of 100 to 150 people. This is where the oldest part of our brain, the limbic system, grew and adapted to become a very sophisticated instrument for reading other people's emotions and figuring out how we might cooperate to find food, shelter and protection. By comparison, the frontal cortex, which helps us do our taxes, drive a car and download cat videos, is a very recent aftermarket addition, like a sunroof. And it is the village where almost half the world's population still chooses to live. Finding Larkspur takes a walk through the Canadian village of the twenty-first century, observing customs and traditions that endure despite the best efforts of Twitter, Facebook and Amazon. The author looks at the buildings and organizations left over from the old rural community, why they were built in the first place and how they have adapted to the modern day. The post office, the general store, the church, the school and the service club all remain standing, but they operate quite differently than they did for our ancestors. Drawing from his experience working in rural communities across Canada and in other countries, Needles reveals how a national conversation may be driven by urban voices but the national character is often very much a product of its small towns and back roads."-- Provided by publisher.- Subjects: Sociology, Rural; Villages; Villages;
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