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Wilson, David Sloan.
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Cities and towns -- Growth.
Civic improvement.
Neighborhood.
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Wilson, David Sloan.
Cities and towns -- Growth.
Civic improvement.
Neighborhood.
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The neighborhood project : using evolution to improve my city, one block at a time /
David
Sloan
Wilson
.
by
Wilson
,
David
Sloan
.
Little, Brown and Co., 2011.
Call #:
307.76 W747n
Subjects
Cities and towns -- Growth.
Civic improvement.
Neighborhood.
ISBN:
9780316037679
0316037672
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
viii, 432 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-419) 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 -- The parable of the crow -- Our lives, our genes -- The natural history of the afterlife -- Evonomics -- Body and soul -- City on a hill.
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.
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