Description 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 River Walk 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.
About the Author John Hartig is an award-wining Great Lakes scientist.
He was a 2017-18 Fulbright Scholar at Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Ontario, and currently serves as 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 in the Sustainable Living category and a bronze medal from the Living Now Book Awards in the Green Living category.
Greenstone Books Waterfront porch: reclaiming detroit's industrial waterfront as a gathering place for all, paperback/john h. hartig
