Overview
Detroit was the epicentre of the fur trade era, an unparalleled leader of shipbuilding for one hundred years, the Silicon Valley of the industrial age, and the unquestioned leader of the arsenal of democracy. This unique history depicts Detroit as a city of innovation, resilience, and leadership in responding to change, and examines the current sustainability paradigm shift to which Detroit is responding, pivoting as the city has done in the past to redefine itself and lead the nation and world down a more sustainable path. This book details the building of a new waterfront porch alongside the Detroit River called the Detroit RiverWalk to help revitalize the city and region and promote sustainability practices. This is a story of one of the largest, by scale, urban waterfront redevelopment projects in the United States, and gives hope and proves that Detroit and its metropolitan region have a bright future.
Full Product Details
Author: John H. Hartig
Publisher: Greenstone Books
Imprint: Greenstone Books
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.499kg
ISBN: 9781948314022
ISBN 10: 1948314029
Pages: 246
Publication Date: 30 April 2019
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Hartig has long been a champion of the Detroit River as an American Heritage River and an International Wildlife Refuge, showing how people and nature can co-exist in this industrial heartland. In this book, he chronicles the story of the Detroit waterfront from its demise and abandonment to its current revitalization as a 'front porch' for the people of Detroit. It is an inspiring story of rejuvenating one of Detroit's crown jewels--its setting on the Detroit River--with lessons for other urban cities. --ROBERT E. GRESE, Director, Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum, and Theodore Roosevelt Chair of Ecosystem Management, University of Michigan
Author Information
John H. Hartig is an award-wining Great Lakes scientist. He was a 2017-18 Fulbright Scholar at Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Ontario, and currently serves as a Visiting Scholar at University of Windsor's Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research and the Great Lakes Science-Policy Advisor of the International Association for Great Lakes Research. Hartig's book Bringing Conservation to Cities: Lessons from Building the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge won a gold medal from the Nonfiction Authors Association's Nonfiction Book Awards in the Sustainable Living category and a bronze medal from the Living Now Book Awards in the Green Living category.
