| Book Review | Environmental History, 10.1

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Inventing for the Environment. Edited by Arthur Molella and Joyce Bedi. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2003. ix+ 398 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $29.95.
Inventing for the Environment is a collection of twenty essays by scholars from the natural and social sciences, engineering, architecture, and history. The essays by Timothy Davis, Martin Melosi, Stephen Pyne, Christine Rosen, and Richard White connect human history to natural history and anchor the built environment to the natural world. For planners, public-policy analysts, and advocates who search for new inventions, plans, and designs that promote sustainable urban, suburban, and rural living, this collection provides a rich and varied response to current development strategies.	1
Following two introductory essays on the relationship between nature and technology, the volume is divided into six categories, each of which attempts to answer a broad empirical question. They include the following: What role does innovation play in urban landscapes? How do innovations in city planning shape the environment? How do innovations in architecture affect the environment? How are technological innovation, public health, and the environment related? How can innovations in alternative energy sources affect the environment? And finally, how are the principles of industrial ecology applied to benefit the environment?	. . .

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