Waterfront Porch - The Detroit RiverWalk Story - John H. Hartig, Ph.D. - In Brief

Описание: Reclaiming Detroit's Industrial Waterfront as a Gathering Place for All. -- Detroit was the epicenter 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. It 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. Learn more about the revitalization of the Detroit River in the book: "Waterfront Porch."

Author's Bio: John H. Hartig is an award-winning 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. (Written by Michigan State University's MSU Press.)

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