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Sinking Chicago : Climate Change and the Remaking of a Flood-Prone Environment.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy SeriesPublisher: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (305 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781439915509
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sinking ChicagoDDC classification:
  • 363.610977311
LOC classification:
  • QC903
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Part I. The Dry Years -- Introduction: Cities, Sprawl, and Climate Change -- 1. The Triumph of Metropolitanism, 1885-1910 -- 2. The Defeat of Conservationism, 1910-1920 -- 3. The Rise and Fall of the American Dream, 1920-1945 -- Part II. The Wet Years -- 4. The Boom of Suburban Growth, 1945-1965 -- 5. The Bust of Urban Decline, 1965-1985 -- 6. The Rebirth of Urban Nature, 1985-2011 -- Conclusion: Cities, Adaptation, and Climate Change -- Notes -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Part I. The Dry Years -- Introduction: Cities, Sprawl, and Climate Change -- 1. The Triumph of Metropolitanism, 1885-1910 -- 2. The Defeat of Conservationism, 1910-1920 -- 3. The Rise and Fall of the American Dream, 1920-1945 -- Part II. The Wet Years -- 4. The Boom of Suburban Growth, 1945-1965 -- 5. The Bust of Urban Decline, 1965-1985 -- 6. The Rebirth of Urban Nature, 1985-2011 -- Conclusion: Cities, Adaptation, and Climate Change -- Notes -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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