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050 00 $aHT371$b.W55 2011
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100 1 $aWilson, David Sloan.
245 14 $aThe neighborhood project :$busing evolution to improve my city, one block at a time /$cDavid Sloan Wilson.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bLittle, Brown and Co.,$c2011.
300 $aviii, 432 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aEvolution, 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.
520 $aAn 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.
650 0 $aCities and towns$xGrowth.
650 0 $aCivic improvement.
650 2 $aCities.
650 2 $aUrban Health.
650 2 $aCultural Evolution.