Ross, Andrew,  1956- <br/><br/>
Bird on fire :  lessons from the world's least sustainable city / 
Andrew Ross. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  c2011. 
 - x, 297 p. :  ill., maps ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Gambling at the water table --  The road runner's appetite --  The battle for downtown. Artists step up ; Who can afford the Green City? --  Living downstream --  The sun always rises --  Viva los suns --  Land for the free --  Delivering the good. 
<br/><br/> Discusses the modern growth of Phoenix, Arizona focusing on it's lack of sustainability and argues that to become sustainable can only occur through political and social change 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199828265 (hbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011016417 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Primera Jornada de Catalogacion.<br/>Sustainable urban development--Arizona--Phoenix.<br/>Urban ecology (Sociology)--Arizona--Phoenix.<br/>City planning--Arizona--Phoenix.<br/>Primera Jornada de Catalogación<br/>Planificación urbana.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HT 168  / 788b 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>307.14160979173