What makes a community strong and capable of facing the challenges that exist in any urban environment?
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Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization
It’s been said that every cloud has a silver lining, but what exactly is good about the breakdown of a society and what leads to that breakdown in the first place? Political scientist Thomas Homer-Dixon will join us this hour to discuss his new book “The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization” (Island Press, 2006).
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