New Library Acquisitions -- Week of December 10th

Featured Book:

Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time (2012). This 312-page text authored by Jeff Speck, a coauthor of Suburban Nation, discusses the 10 Steps communities can take to make their downtown areas more livable and attractive to prevent urban sprawl.  Featuring real-world examples, the book lays forth a practical approach to design, zoning, and infrastructure in order to meet the needs of our communities.

New Library Acquisitions:

 

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY.

Wind energy comes of age / Paul Gipe

 

CARBON.

Carbon pricing, growth and the environment / edited by Lawrence A. Kreiser ... [et al.]

 

OIL.

Oil / Gavin Bridge and Philippe Le Billon

 

POLICY.

The moon in the nautilus shell : from climate change to species extinction, how life persists in an ever-changing world : discordant harmonies reconsidered / Daniel B. Botkin

 

URBAN.

Walkable city : how downtown can save America, one step at a time / Jeff Speck

 

WASTE TREATMENT.

Onsite and clustered (decentralized) wastewater treatment systems [electronic resource] : informational materials / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Wastewater Management

 

WILDERNESS AREAS.

Driven wild : how the fight against automobiles launched the modern wilderness movement / Paul S. Sutter ; foreword by William Cronon