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The world as we know it has ended forever: that's the melancholy message of this nonetheless cautiously optimistic assessment of the planet's future by McKibben, whose The End of Nature ...
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Believe in climate change. Or don’t. It doesn’t matter. But you’d better understand this: the best route to rebuilding our economy, our cities, and our job markets, as well as assuring national...
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You don't have to journey to a rural paradise to find the farm of the future. It's your neighbor’s suburban lawn, the roof of your uptown condominium, or the co-op market garden in the vacant lot...
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The ultimate step-by-step action plan guidebook for making communities resilient, resourceful, and healthy
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"Sustainability" is more than the latest "green" buzzword. It represents a new way of viewing the interactions of human society and the natural world. Sustainability in America's Cities ...
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This book traces the historical development of sustainable development and climate change law, showing that they appeared on the world stage at the same time and illustrating how they can be best...
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“Cities are green” is becoming a common refrain.
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As an avenue for progressive politics in a nation still skeptical of change, community organizing today faces significant challenges. This book assesses that activity within the context of...
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This guide is a complete road map to shaping public policy at the state and local level. It gives detailed, step-by-step instructions for developing an effective plan and putting it into action....
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This book starts by placing transportation within the broader sustainability discussion, emphasising a comprehensive approach to sustainability planning and introducing the notion of "regenerative...
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Use this compact reference for a condensed study of the subject matter contained in most leading land use casebooks. Text provides coverage of common-law controls, private law devices, planning...
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In this epic tale of an American civil war, Pooley takes us behind the scenes and into the hearts and minds of the most important players in the struggle to cap global warming pollution—a fight in...
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In the second half of the twentieth century, revolutions reshaped our world—the civil rights movement in America, the fall of the shah in Iran, the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and the end of...
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Written by the chair of the LEED-Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) initiative, Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature is both an urgent call to action and a comprehensive introduction to "...
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Written by internationally renowned architect Avi Friedman, Sustainable Residential Development provides a much-needed process and examples for planning and designing green communities. This landmark...
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Written by experts in the field, this full-color manual explains how to implement the strategies of new urbanism. Learn how to apply the techniques of Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND)--...
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While there has been considerable attention by practitioners and academics to development in urban cores and new neighborhoods on the periphery of cities, there has been little attention to the...
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How can aging inner-ring suburbs remain vital and attract investment from private developers? Regenerating Older Suburbs from the Urban Land Institute (ULI) describes the strategies and solutions...
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Americans are voting with their feet to abandon strip malls and suburban sprawl, embracing instead a new type of community where they can live, work, shop, and play within easy walking distance. In...
