The Future of the Suburban City Lessons from Sustaining Phoenix /

• Main Author: Gammage, Grady (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2016.
• Subjects: Environment.; Industrial management > Environmental aspects.; Landscape architecture.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Sustainable development.; Sustainable Development.; Landscape Architecture.; Urbanism.; Sustainability Management.

As a Phoenix native, the author argues that the suburban city, which grew up based on the automobile and the single‑family home, needs to dramatically change and evolve in an era of climate change. He shows how this is possible, and that many suburban cities are already making strides in increasing...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Suburbs, Sprawl, and Sustainability
• 2. Just Add Water
• 3. Coping with Heat
• 4. Transportation and the Suburban City
• 5. Houses, Shopping Centers, and the Fabric of Suburbia
• 6. Jobs and the Economy of Cities in the Sand
• 7. Politics, Resilience, and Survival.