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Story and Sustainability Planning, Practice, and Possibility for American Cities

Paperback • 2003 • English • 1. edition

Story and Sustainability Planning, Practice, and Possibility for American Cities

By Barbara Eckstein, James A. Throgmorton

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About the book

Story and Sustainability explores the role of story in planning theory and practice, with the goal of creating U.S. cities able to balance competing claims for economic growth, environmental health, and social justice. In the book, urban practitioners and scholars from fields as diverse as American studies, English, geography, history, planning, and criminal justice reflect critically on the traditional exclusionary power of storytelling and on its potential to facilitate the transformations of ...Show more

Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world
Environmental policy and protocols
Urban and municipal planning and policy

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ISBN

9780262550437

Publisher

MIT Press

Published year

2003

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Story and Sustainability Planning, Practice, and Possibility for American Cities

Format

Paperback

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