Sustainable cities: concepts and strategies for eco-city developmentSUSTAINABLE CITIES: CONCEPTS & STRATEGIES FOR ECO-CITY DEVELOPMENT is being called the best overall single resource for information on sustainable city design currently on the market. Sustainability has become the hot new buzzword in the environmental movement & yet it is often not fully understood. SUSTAINABLE CITIES provides that understanding. This 354-page illustrated sourcebook shows how urban development & the environment can coexist in a successful partnership that will result in better air quality, cleaner water, more nutritious food, less commuting time, quieter & more nature-oriented surroundings, a richer community life, less urban stress & improved health for the people who live & work in cities. Editors Bob Walter, Lois Arkin, & Richard Crenshaw & the more than 40 experts who contributed to SUSTAINABLE CITIES are among the leaders in the movement to create a shared, sustainable urban partnership among government, business & the public at large. Whether the reader is a professional involved in shaping our cities, or a concerned citizen seeking the best for their neighborhood, this book contains the range of information & the innovative yet down-to-earth strategies for redirecting our energies & resources to achieve a brighter, more sustainable future for our cities. |
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Contents
CONTEXT | 1 |
OVERALL DESIGN PARAMETERS | 15 |
Ecological Community Design | 39 |
Copyright | |
14 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acres air quality Angeles Architect architecture Association bicycle Blvd building Center Cerro Gordo co-op CoHousing composting Conference cooling cooperative cost Council County create CRSP density eco-cities Eco-Home Ecocity ecological Ecological Cities economic EcoVillage efficient energy conservation environment environmental facilities fuel cell garden graywater growth heat housing impact infrastructure Institute integrated land landscape light rail living materials ment mixed-use mulch natural neighborhood Network open space ORGANIZATIONS AND CONSULTANTS P.O. Box parking passive solar Pedestrian Pocket Permaculture planners planning plants Playa Vista pollution Porter Ranch problems production programs recycling reduce residential reuse Richard Schoen Rocky Mountain Institute Santa Monica social soil solar Southern California Southern California Edison Street suburban sustainable tion traffic transit transportation TreePeople trees urban agriculture Village water reclamation wind xeriscape
Bibliographic information
| Title | Sustainable cities: concepts and strategies for eco-city development |
| Authors | Bob Walter, Lois Arkin, Richard W. Crenshaw |
| Editors | Bob Walter, Lois Arkin, Richard W. Crenshaw |
| Edition | 2, illustrated |
| Publisher | EHM Eco-Home Media, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jan 26, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0963351109, 9780963351104 |
| Length | 354 pages |
| Subjects | › › Architecture / Urban & Land Use Planning Business & Economics / Development / Sustainable Development Cities and towns City planning Environmental aspects Environmental engineering Nature / Ecology Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development Social Science / Sociology / Urban Technology & Engineering / Environmental / General Urban ecology Urban ecology (Sociology) |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |