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The neighborhood project : using evolution to improve my city, one block at a time
- Title
- The neighborhood project : using evolution to improve my city, one block at a time / David Sloan Wilson
- Author
- Wilson, David Sloan
- Publication
- New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2011
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HT371 .W55 2011 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- viii, 432 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- An evolutionary biologist applies the ideas of evolutionary science to his post-industrial hometown and uses the "traits" he discovers, including what bullying feeds on and how neighborhood quality affects test scores, to improve the lives of his fellow citizens.
- Subject
- Cities and towns > Growth
- Civic improvement
- Cities and towns
- Urban health
- Social evolution
- Cities
- Urban Health
- Cultural Evolution
- civic improvement
- cities
- Urban health
- Social evolution
- Cities and towns
- Cities and towns > Growth
- Civic improvement
- Stadt
- Stadtsanierung
- Bürgerbeteiligung
- Städer > tillväxt
- Stadsliv
- Cities and towns > Civic improvement
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Evolution, cities, and the world -- My city -- The parable of the strider -- The parable of the wasp -- The maps -- Quantifying halloween -- We are now entering the noosphere -- The parable of the immune system -- The reflection -- Street smart -- The humanist and the CEO -- The lost island of prevention science -- The lecture that failed -- Learning from Mother Nature about teaching our children -- The world with us -- Crow woman -- Our lives, our genes -- The natural history of the afterlife -- Evonomics -- Body and soul -- City on a hill.
- ISBN
- 9780316037679
- 0316037672
- LCCN
- 2011002752
- 40019826323
- 40019797263
- OCLC
- ocn668192503
- 668192503
- SCSB-1609868
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library