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- Battle for Brooklyn : Fighting to save a New York community. by Beilinson, David,film director.; Galinsky, MIchael,film director.; Hawley, Suki,film director.; Ratner, Bruce,contributor.; Goldstein, Daniel,contributor.; Rumur Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Originally produced by Rumur Films in 2011.This New York Times Critics' Pick follows the story of reluctant activist Daniel Goldstein as he struggles to save his home and community from being demolished to make way for a professional basketball arena and the densest real estate development in U.S. history. Along the way, he falls in love, gets married and starts a family while living in a vacated building located at the heart of the project site.Over the course of seven years, Daniel spearheads the movement against the development plan as he and the community fight tenaciously in the courts, the streets, and the media to stop the abuse of eminent domain and reveal the corruption at the heart of the plan.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary.; Land Use; City Planning.;
- The land trap : a new history of the world's oldest asset / by Bird, Mike,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."How the world's oldest asset secretly shapes our modern economy In The Land Trap, Mike Bird -- The Economist's Wall Street editor -- pulls back the curtain on how this ancient asset exerts outsized influence over the modern world. With masterful insight into global finance, Bird reveals how land has quietly become the linchpin of the world's banking system, affecting everything from soaring housing prices to geopolitical tensions. From the speculative land grabs of colonial America to China's modern-day real estate crisis, Bird shows how fortunes are built -- or destroyed -- all on the bedrock of land. As governments wrestle with inequality, climate crises threaten entire regions, and land becomes ever scarcer, The Land Trap offers a bold new framework for understanding the driving force behind today's most pressing challenges. Eye-opening and timely, Bird's analysis unveils how land remains the ultimate currency of power -- and the key to economic survival in an increasingly fragile world. This is the book for anyone who wants to see beyond markets and money to the hidden game being played on a foundation as old as civilization itself. Timely, provocative, and essential, The Land Trap will change how you see the ground beneath your feet"--
- Subjects: International finance.; Land speculation.; Land tenure; Land use.; Land use; Land use; Land use; Real estate investment.;
- Free the land : how we can fight poverty and climate chaos / by Lim, Audrea,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."An eye-opening examination of how treating land as a source of profit has a massive impact on racial inequality and the housing, gentrification, and environmental crises. Climate change, gentrification, racial discrimination, and corporate greed are some of the most urgent problems facing our society. They are traditionally treated as unrelated issues, but they all share a common root: the ownership of land. Environmental journalist Audrea Lim began to notice these connections when she reported on the Native communities leading the fight against oil drilling on their lands in the Canadian tar sands near her hometown of Calgary, but before long, she saw the essential role of land commodification and private ownership everywhere she looked: in foreclosure-racked suburbs and gentrifying cities like New York City; among poor, small farmers struggling to keep their businesses afloat; and in low-income communities attempting to resist mines and industrial development on their lands, only to find that their voices counted less than those of shareholders living thousands of miles away. Free the Land is a captivating and beautifully rendered look at the ways that our relationship to the land is the core cause of the most pressing justice issues in North America. Lim expertly weaves together seemingly disparate themes into a unified theory of social justice, describes how the land ownership system developed over the centuries, and presents original reporting from a wide range of activists and policy makers to illustrate the profound impact it continues to have on our society today. Ultimately, this book offers a message of hope: by approaching these socioeconomic issues holistically, we can begin to imagine just alternatives to fossil-fueled capitalism, new ways to build community, and a more sustainable, equitable world"--
- Subjects: Climatic changes.; Land use; Race discrimination.;
- South Simcoe agriculture action plan. by
- Subjects: Land use, Rural; Agriculture;
- © 2009., [n.p.],
- The Greenbelt : protecting and cultivating a great Ontario treasure / by Mausberg, Burkhard.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.A look at the history and people involved in the creation of Ontario's Greenbelt and what has happened in its first 10 years.LSC
- Subjects: Greenbelts; Land use; Agriculture; Recreation areas;
- The 15-minute city : a solution for saving our time and our planet / by Moreno, Carlos,1959-author.; Gehl, Jan,1936-writer of foreword.; Thorne, Martha,writer of afterword.;
- In 'The 15-Minute City', human city pioneer and international scientific advisor Carlos Moreno delivers an exciting and insightful discussion of the deceptively simple and revolutionary idea that everyday destinations like schools, stores, and offices should only be a short walk or bike ride away from home.
- Subjects: Cities and towns.; City planning; Land use; Sustainable urban development.;
- Development of the reserve system / by Rose, Simon,1961-; Corrigan, Kathleen.;
- Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses, and index.Examines the history of the reserve system in Canada.LSC
- Subjects: Native peoples; Native peoples; Land use; Native peoples; Native peoples; Native peoples;
- Growing cities [videorecording] : a film about urban farming in America / by Altman, Dana.; Monbouquette, Andrew.; Susman, Dan.; Elmwood Motion Picture Company.; First-Run Features (Firm);
- From rooftop farmers to backyard beekeepers, Americans are growing food like never before. "Growing Cities" goes coast to coast to tell the inspiring stories of these intrepid urban farmers, activists, and everyday city-dwellers who are challenging the way this country feeds itself. From those growing in backyards to make ends meet to educators teaching kids to eat healthier, viewers find that urban farming is about much more than simply good food.E.DVD.
- Subjects: Bee culture; Community gardens; Home economics.; Land use, Urban; Sustainable living.; Urban agriculture; Vermicomposting; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
- © c2013., First Run Features,
- The farmer's lawyer : the North Dakota Nine and the fight to save the family farm / by Vogel, Sarah,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.In the early 1980s, farmers were suffering through the worst economic crisis to hit rural America since the Great Depression. Land prices were down, operating costs and interest rates were up, and severe weather devastated crops. Instead of receiving assistance from the government as they had in the 1930s, these hardworking family farmers were threatened with foreclosure by the very agency that Franklin Delano Roosevelt created to help them. Desperate, they called Sarah Vogel in North Dakota. Sarah, a young lawyer and single mother, listened to farmers who were on the verge of losing everything and, inspired by the politicians who had helped farmers in the '30s, she naively built a solo practice of clients who couldn't afford to pay her. Sarah began drowning in debt and soon her own home was fac0ing foreclosure. In a David and Goliath legal battle reminiscent of A Civil Action or Erin Brockovich, Sarah brought a national class action lawsuit, which pitted her against the Reagan administration's Department of Justice, in her fight for family farmers' Constitutional rights. It was her first case. A courageous American story about justice and holding the powerful to account, The Farmer's Lawyer shows how the farm economy we all depend on for our daily bread almost fell apart due to the willful neglect of those charged to protect it, and what we can learn from Sarah's battle as a similar calamity looms large on our horizon once again.
- Subjects: Vogel, Sarah.; North Dakota. Department of Agriculture.; United States. Department of Agriculture.; United States. Farmers Home Administration.; North Dakota Farmers Union.; Agricultural credit; Agricultural laws and legislation; Agriculture; Bankruptcy; Debtor and creditor; Farm foreclosures; Farm ownership; Farmers; Farmers; Farms; Land use, Rural; Lawyers; Legal assistance to farmers; Liens;
- Pay dirt / by Paretsky, Sara,author.;
- While visiting Angela, one her protégées in Kansas, V.I. Warshawski, when Angela's roommate goes missing and V.I. finds her near death in a drug house, is pitched headlong into the country's opioid crisis and a local land-use battle with roots going back to the Civil War.
- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Warshawski, V. I. (Fictitious character); Missing persons; Murder; Opioid abuse; Women private investigators;
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