Green Metropolis
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Green Metropolis: The Extraordinary Landscapes of New York City as Nature, History, and Design
By Elizabeth Barlow RogersHesse-Kassel—were among the troops hired out to the British by a group of debt-ridden Germanic princes. Marching toward the King's Bridge and Inwood Hill following the Battle of White Plains, they presented a ferocious spectacle, ...
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Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less Are the Keys to Sustainability
By David Owen22 Thomas Jefferson, letter to Dr. Benjamin Rush, April 21, 1803. 23 See Jim Murphy, An American Plague: The True ... 95; Robert T. Augustyn and Paul E. Cohen, Manhattan in Maps: 15271995 (New York: Rizzoli, 1997); and other sources.
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Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less Are the Keys to Sustainability
By David OwenLook out for David Owen's next book, Where the Water Goes.
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Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are Keys to Sustainability
By David OwenPoses a challenging analysis of the environment and its future prospects, arguing that residents of urban areas consume and waste less than other Americans because of their smaller living spaces and use of public transportation.
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Green Metropolis: The Extraordinary Landscapes of New York City as Nature, History, and Design
By Elizabeth Barlow RogersIn 1971, Betsy Rogers's first book about exploring the city's countryside, The Forests and Wetlands of New York City, was exactly the kind of awakening jolt for many people that Green Metropolis will now be for many more.
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Green Metropolis: What the City Can Teach the Country about True Sustainability
By David OwenIn this remarkable challenge to conventional thinking about the environment, David Owen argues that the greenest community in the United States is not Portland, Oregon, or Snowmass, Colorado, but New York City.
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Green Metropolis: Concepts and Innovations in Urban Agriculture
By Lester WhiteHis latest Special Report, "Green Metropolis: Concepts and Innovations in Urban Agriculture", is an invigorating journey that chronicles the rise of the green metropolis phenomenon.