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OverviewMost Americans think of crowded cities as ecological nightmares---as wastelands of concrete and garbage and diesel fumes and traffic jams. Yet residents of compact urban centers, David Owen shows, individually consume less oil, electricity, and water than other Americans. They live in smaller spaces, discard less trash, and, most important of all, spend far less time in automobiles. Residents of Manhattan---the most densely populated place in North America---rank first in public-transit use and last in per-capita greenhouse gas production, and they consume gasoline at a rate that the country as a whole hasn't matched since the mid-1920s, when the most widely owned car in the United States was the Ford Model T. They are also among the only people in the United States for whom walking is still an important means of daily transportation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lord David Owen (University of Southampton) , Patrick Girard LawlorPublisher: Findaway World Imprint: Findaway World Dimensions: Width: 12.20cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.168kg ISBN: 9781616375553ISBN 10: 1616375558 Publication Date: 01 January 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Mixed media product Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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