Sustaining Michigan: Metropolitan Policies and Strategies - Softcover

Richard W. Jelier (author) & Gary Sands (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0870138502 ISBN 13: 9780870138508

Publisher: Michigan State University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Creating sustainable metropolitan communities in the twenty-first century will pose great challenges for Michigan and other states in the region. Sustaining Michigan links critical, cutting-edge scholarship to pressing issues facing Michigan's metropolitan communities and increases understanding of the key economic, environmental, social, and political reasons for why change is underway, the challenges to the current system, and the difficulty for Michigan in making substantive changes. Key metropolitan policies and strategies are organized around sustainability principles of the triple bottom line: economic prosperity, environmental stewardship, and social good. Remarkable in the breadth of its collaboration, this volume includes a range of academics from across the state who are evaluating existing policies that will define Michigan's future. The well being of our state may very well depend on the critical knowledge and understanding of the complex issues addressed in this volume to affect both the current and next generation of decision makers.

About this title

About the Author

Richard W. Jelier is an Associate Professor at Grand Valley State University. Gary Sands is an Associate Professor at Wayne State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870138502
• ISBN 13: 9780870138508
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 335