Localist movements in a global economy [electronic resource] : sustainability, justice, and urban development in the United States / David J. Hess.
By: Hess, David J.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Material type: BookSeries: Urban and industrial environments: Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2009Description: viii, 323 p. ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Sustainable urban development -- United States | Globalization | Central-local government relationsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 338.973/07091732 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to viewIncludes bibliographical references (p. [281]-311) and index.
Global problems and localist solutions -- Economic development and localist knowledge -- Can localism be just and sustainable? -- The politics of local retailing -- The challenges of urban agriculture -- Local energy and the public sector -- Localism and the media -- Policies for an alternative economy.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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