Portland''s Good Life - Sustainability and Hope in an American City

In Portland's Good Life, R. Bruce Stephenson discusses how Portland's investment in sustainability helped stave off climate change and COVID-19. Stephenson tells the timeless story of the city's private citizens who, devoted to the public good and grounded in the good life, built a city that honors their humanity.

List of contents

Contents
Introduction: The Good Life: Utopian Hope for a Dystopian Time
Chapter 1: Place
Chapter 2: History
Chapter 3: Renaissance
Chapter 4: Mobility
Chapter 5: Nature
Chapter 6: Housing
Chapter 7: Social Capital
Chapter 8: Lessons

About the author

R. Bruce Stephenson is a consultant and environmental studies professor at Rollins College.

Summary

In Portland's Good Life, R. Bruce Stephenson discusses how Portland’s investment in sustainability helped stave off climate change and COVID-19. Stephenson tells the timeless story of the city’s private citizens who, devoted to the public good and grounded in the good life, built a city that honors their humanity.

Product details

• Authors: R. Bruce Stephenson
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781793614575
• ISBN: 978-1-79361-457-5
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Environment and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, ARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design, NATURE / Regional, Nature & the natural world: general interest, Environmentally-friendly architecture & design, Conservation of the environment, Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture & design