Introduction: Urban Greening and the Green City Ideal

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface: Common Ground, Common Good ix
4. Introduction: Urban Greening and the Green City Ideal 1
5. Part I. Greening at Every Scale: Nation to Roof Tops
6. Chapter 1. Taking the Initiative: Why Cities Are Greening Now 11
7. Chapter 2. Growing Greener Regions 28
8. Chapter 3. The Inter-Regional Dimension: The Greening of London and the Wider South East 46
9. Chapter 4. Greening Cities: A Public Realm Approach 60
10. Chapter 5. Growing Greener, New York Style 84
11. Chapter 6. Greener Homes, Greener Cities: Expanding Affordable Housing and Strengthening Cities Through Sustainable Residential Development 106
12. Part II. Getting Greening Done
13. Chapter 7. Urban Stream Restoration: Recovering Ecological Services in Degraded Watersheds 127
14. Chapter 8. The Role of Citizen Activists in Urban Infrastructure Development 152
15. Chapter 9. Blue-Green Practices: Why They Work and Why They Have Been So Difficult to Implement Through Public Policy 170
16. Chapter 10. The Roots of the Urban Greening Movement 187
17. Chapter 11. Leveraging Media for Social Change 207
18. Chapter 12. Transformation Through Greening 227
19. Chapter 13. Community Development Finance and the Green City 244
20. Chapter 14. Growing Edible Cities 259
21. Part III. Measuring Urban Greening
22. Chapter 15. Ecosystem Services and the Green City 281
23. Chapter 16. Metro Nature: Its Functions, Benefits, and Values 294
24. Chapter 17. Green Investment Strategies: How They Matter for Urban Neighborhoods 316
25. Chapter 18. Measuring the Economic Impacts of Greening: The Center for Neighborhood Technology Green Values Calculator 326
26. Chapter 19 What Makes Today’s Green City? 346
27. Afterword 364
28. Notes 369
29. Contributors 381
30. Acknowledgments 391