Future of the Suburban City - Lessons From Sustaining Phoenix

In The Future of the Suburban City, Phoenix native Grady Gammage, Jr. argues that the suburban city, which grew up based on the automobile and the single-family home, needs to dramatically change and evolve in an era of climate change. He shows how this is possible, and that many suburban cities are already making strides in increasing their resilience. Gammage focuses on the story of Phoenix, which shows the power of collective action -- government action -- to confront the challenges of geography and respond through public policy. He examines issues facing most suburban cities around water supply, heat, transportation, housing, density, urban form, jobs, economics, and politics.
The Future of the Suburban City is a realistic yet hopeful story of what is possible for any suburban city.

About the author

Grady Gammage, Jr. is a Senior Sustainability Scholar at Arizona State University's Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability and Senior Fellow at ASU's Morrison Institute of Public Policy. He also teaches at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law and at the W.P. Carey School of Business at ASU. Gammage is also a practicing lawyer, a real estate developer, and a former elected official.

Summary

In The Future of the Suburban City, Phoenix native Grady Gammage, Jr. looks at the promise of the suburban city as well as the challenges. He argues that places that grew up based on the automobile and the single-family home need to dramatically change and evolve.

Product details

• Authors: GAMMAGE, Grady Gammage, Gammage Grady
• Publisher: Island Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2016
• EAN: 9781610916233
• ISBN: 978-1-61091-623-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Urban & municipal planning, United States of America, USA, Urban communities, Urban and municipal planning and policy