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Triumph of the city [electronic resource] : how our greatest invention makes us richer, smarter, greener, healthier, and happier / Edward L. Glaeser.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Penguin Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (338 p., [8] p. of plates) : illISBN:
  • 9781101467336 (electronic bk.)
  • 1101467339 (electronic bk.)
  • 9781101475676 (electronic bk.)
  • 1101475676 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Triumph of the city.DDC classification:
  • 307.76 22
LOC classification:
  • HT361 .G53 2011eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Our urban species -- What do they make in Bangalore? -- Why do cities decline? -- What's good about slums? -- How were the tenements tamed? -- Is London a luxury resort? -- What's so great about skyscrapers? -- Why has sprawl spread? -- Is there anything greener than blacktop? -- How do cities succeed? -- Flat world, tall city.
Summary: A pioneering urban economist offers fascinating, even inspiring proof that the city is humanity's greatest invention and our best hope for the future.
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წიგნები / Books წიგნები / Books ცენტრალური ბიბლიოთეკა / Central library ჰუმანიტარული დარ. / Humanitarian hall 307.76 / 6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) K-12605 Available 2014-4935

307.76 / 6

Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-323) and index.

Our urban species -- What do they make in Bangalore? -- Why do cities decline? -- What's good about slums? -- How were the tenements tamed? -- Is London a luxury resort? -- What's so great about skyscrapers? -- Why has sprawl spread? -- Is there anything greener than blacktop? -- How do cities succeed? -- Flat world, tall city.

A pioneering urban economist offers fascinating, even inspiring proof that the city is humanity's greatest invention and our best hope for the future.

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