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The neighborhood project : using evolution to improve my city, one block at a time / David Sloan Wilson.

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.

Record details

ISBN: 0316037672
ISBN: 9780316037679
Physical Description: viii, 432 pages ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition
Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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 -- Crow woman -- Our lives, our genes -- The natural history of the afterlife -- Evonomics -- Body and soul -- City on a hill.