| Description |
xxi, 170 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The sustainable city: a mythical beast? / Sir Peter Hall -- Round, round, get around: reducing transportation burdens in the green community / F. Kaid Benfield -- Introduction to connectivity / Fred Hansen -- Creating the planning and infrastructure framework for mixed use mixed income transit-oriented and urban-infill development / Jonathan Rose -- Sustainable megapolitan: how large-scale urban development can help green America / Robert E. Lang and Mariela Alfonzo -- Green communities and the redefining of community wealth / Timothy Beatley -- Finding common ground: historic preservation and green building / Richard Moe, with Patrice Frey -- Managing development to create sustainable communities / Douglas R. Porter -- Energy and communities / William Browning -- Energy and community greening / Thomas L. Daniels -- The spillover effects of growing crops for biofuels / Scott A. Malcolm and Marcel Aillery -- Green infrastructure for blue urban watersheds / Mary Rickel Pelletier -- Local sustainable energy sources / Erica Heller and Mark Heller -- Healthy communities, green communities / Howard Frumkin -- Atlantic station --Climate change and public health / James A. LaGro, Jr. -- Toward sitopia / Carolyn Steel -- Food and community greening / Thomas L. Daniels -- The impact of the built environment on health- the brain's stress response and the brain-immune connection: implications for health care and urban design / Esther M. Sternberg. |
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City planning -- Environmental aspects -- United States
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Communities -- United States
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Sustainable living -- United States
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Sustainable urban development -- United States
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Green movement -- United States
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| Added Author |
Piedmont-Palladino, Susan
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Mennel, Timothy
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American Planning Association
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National Building Museum (U.S.)
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| ISBN |
9781932364743 (hbk.) |
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1932364749 (hbk.) |
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