Cities

How Humans Live Together

by Megan Clendenan

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Pub Date May 16 2023 | Archive Date May 09 2023

Orca Book Publishers

Children's Nonfiction | Middle Grade

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Description

If you could design a city that would be both a great place to live and good for the planet, what would it look like?

Today, about four billion people—more than half the world’s population—live in cities. This number could rise to seven billion by 2050. Cities face big challenges, including threats from climate change, food insecurity, a lack of clean water and rapid population growth, but they are also places where innovation and sustainability can thrive.

Cities: How Humans Live Together travels through time to explore questions like When and why did cities form? How did people access food and water? Where did they go to the bathroom? Peek into the past to see how cities have changed through time and explore what could make cities more sustainable and welcoming for today and tomorrow.

The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

If you could design a city that would be both a great place to live and good for the planet, what would it look like?

Today, about four billion people—more than half the world’s population—live in...

A Note From the Publisher

Megan Clendenan has lived in cities of all sizes and loves to explore new neighborhoods on foot. She has worked for women's rights, mental health and youth empowerment nonprofit organizations as well as for an environmental law group. Megan is the author of Fresh Air, Clean Water, part of the Orca Think series; co-author of Design Like Nature, part of the Orca Footprints series; and the author of Offbeat, a novel for young readers.

Advance Praise

“Truly impressive…An engaging presentation of information that might otherwise be seen as technical and mundane. Recommended.”– School Library Connection

“Fascinating…Ebullient...A thought-provoking guide to the past, present, and future of cities.”– Kirkus Reviews

“Full of engaging facts...A colorful combination of photographs, cartoon illustrations, and infographics provides plenty of visuals in this appealing look at human history.”– Booklist

“Truly impressive…An engaging presentation of information that might otherwise be seen as technical and mundane. Recommended.”– School Library Connection

“Fascinating…Ebullient...A thought-provoking...