Reinventing Los Angeles : nature and community in the global city / Robert Gottlieb.

Reinventing Los Angeles : nature and community in the global city /

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Describes how water politics, cars and freeways, and immigration and globalization have shaped Los Angeles, and how innovative social movements are working to make a more livable and sustainable city.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gottlieb, Robert, 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.
Series:Urban and industrial environments.
Subjects:
City planning > California > Los Angeles.
Sociology, Urban > California > Los Angeles.
Urban ecology (Sociology) > California > Los Angeles.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • The reinvention of Los Angeles: an introduction
  • Nature in the city
  • Community in the city
  • Water for the city
  • Re-envisioning the Los Angeles river
  • Cars and freeways in the city
  • The magic of Arroyofest
  • City of migrations
  • Social change across borders
  • Globalization from below: a conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index.

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