Green Metropolis by David Owen

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Most Americans think of crowded cities as ecological nightmares, as wastelands of concrete and garbage and diesel fumes and traffic jams. This title contends that the environmental problem we face is not how to make teeming cities more like the pristine countryside.

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Green Metropolis by David Owen

Most Americans think of crowded cities as ecological nightmares, as wastelands of concrete and garbage and diesel fumes and traffic jams. This title contends that the environmental problem we face is not how to make teeming cities more like the pristine countryside.
A convincing case..Pugnacious and contrarian The New York Times Turns conventional wisdom on its head and takes a clear-eyed look at what 'green' might truly mean San Francisco Chronicle
David Owen is a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of a dozen books. He lives in northwest Connecticut with his wife, the writer Ann Hodgman, and their two children.
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ISBN 13 9781594484841
ISBN 10 1594484848
Title Green Metropolis
Author David Owen
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published 2010-11-02
Number of pages 368
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