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Emerald Cities: Urban Sustainability and Economic Development
Here is a refreshing look at how American cities are leading the way toward greener, cleaner, and more sustainable forms of economic development.
In Emerald Cities, Joan Fitzgerald shows how in the absence of a comprehensive national policy, cities like Chicago, New York, Portland, San Francisco, and Seattle have taken the lead in addressing the interrelated environmental...more
In Emerald Cities, Joan Fitzgerald shows how in the absence of a comprehensive national policy, cities like Chicago, New York, Portland, San Francisco, and Seattle have taken the lead in addressing the interrelated environmental...more
Hardcover, 242 pages
Published
February 1st 2010
by Oxford University Press
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A must read for anyone interested in our green future...
"The US has gone from being a leader in renewable energy technology research and development to a consumer of technology designed and produced elsewhere."
First Solar's thin-film technology is able to produce energy at $1 per watt, versus the typical $4. The cost of wind is is considerably less than solar, with the federal production tax credit.
The book talks about many different projects all over the country and about how many jobs we can...more
"The US has gone from being a leader in renewable energy technology research and development to a consumer of technology designed and produced elsewhere."
First Solar's thin-film technology is able to produce energy at $1 per watt, versus the typical $4. The cost of wind is is considerably less than solar, with the federal production tax credit.
The book talks about many different projects all over the country and about how many jobs we can...more
Good book incorporating short cases of how cities are integrating green technologies and solutions.
I thought this book had some good ideas and presented them well. I do wonder what the author would have written if he wrote it today, some of the themes were specific to 2008.
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