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03423aam a2200289Ii 4500 001 C6F0FF7400A911E7BE28DDD2DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170304010220 008 161026t20162016dcuab b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9780309444538 020 $a 0309444535 035 $a (OCoLC)961005879 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d SOI $d KSU $d CDX $d OCLCF $d IWA $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a HT167 P375x 2016 245 00 $a Pathways to urban sustainability : $b challenges and opportunities for the United States / $c Committee on Pathways to Urban Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities, Science and Technology for Sustainability Program, Policy and Global Affairs ; a report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine. 264 1 $a Washington, DC : $b The National Academies Press, $c [2016] 300 $a xv, 176 pages : $b illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; $c 29 cm 520 $a "Cities have experienced an unprecedented rate of growth in the last decade. More than half the world's population lives in urban areas, with the U.S. percentage at 80 percent. Cities have captured more than 80 percent of the globe's economic activity and offered social mobility and economic prosperity to millions by clustering creative, innovative, and educated individuals and organizations. Clustering populations, however, can compound both positive and negative conditions, with many modern urban areas experiencing growing inequality, debility, and environmental degradation. The spread and continued growth of urban areas presents a number of concerns for a sustainable future, particularly if cities cannot adequately address the rise of poverty, hunger, resource consumption, and biodiversity loss in their borders. Intended as a comparative illustration of the types of urban sustainability pathways and subsequent lessons learned existing in urban areas, this study examines specific examples that cut across geographies and scales and that feature a range of urban sustainability challenges and opportunities for collaborative learning across metropolitan regions. It focuses on nine cities across the United States and Canada (Los Angeles, CA, New York City, NY, Philadelphia, PA, Pittsburgh, PA, Grand Rapids, MI, Flint, MI, Cedar Rapids, IA, Chattanooga, TN, and Vancouver, Canada), chosen to represent a variety of metropolitan regions, with consideration given to city size, proximity to coastal and other waterways, susceptibility to hazards, primary industry, and several other factors"--Publisher's description. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Urban sustainability indicators and metrics -- Principles of urban sustainability : a roadmap for decision making -- City profiles -- A path forward : findings and recommendations -- Appendixes. A. Committee on Pathways to Urban Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities : biographical information -- B. Details for urban sustainability indicators -- C. Constraints on the sustainability of urban areas. 650 0 $a Sustainable urban development $z United States. 650 0 $a City planning $z United States. 710 2 $a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). $b Committee on Pathways to Urban Sustainability, $e issuing body. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210406014745.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C6F0FF7400A911E7BE28DDD2DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search