Keyword: urban planning

Landscape Urbanism and its Discontents
Dissimulating the Sustainable City
by Andrés Duany & Emily Talen

In contemporary Western society, urban development is regarded as an unfortunate blight from which nature provides a much-needed respite. This apparent dichotomy ignores the interdependence between human settlement and the natural world. In fact, …
related subjects: Urban Issues

Toward Sustainable Communities
Solutions for Citizens and Their Governments - Fourth Edition
by Mark Roseland

The need to make our communities sustainable is more urgent than ever before. Toward Sustainable Communities remains the single most useful resource for creating vibrant, healthy, equitable, economically viable places. This comprehensive update of …
related subjects: Urban Issues

The Urban Food Revolution
Changing the Way We Feed Cities
by Peter Ladner

Our reliance on industrial agriculture has resulted in a food supply riddled with hidden environmental, economic and health care costs and beset by rising food prices. With only a handful of corporations responsible for the lionÂ’s share of the …
related subjects: Food and Gardening

Urban Agriculture
Ideas and Designs for the New Food Revolution
by David Tracey

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 down the street. Urban Agriculture is a detailed look …
related subjects: Food and Gardening

Choosing a Sustainable Future
Ideas and Inspiration from Ithaca, NY
by Liz Walker

We all want a sustainable future, but what does it look like, and how do we get there? In Ithaca, NY a new culture is blossoming - one that values cooperation, local production, environmental stewardship, social justice andcreativity. Ithaca is …
related subjects: Community Building

Creating Cohousing
Building Sustainable Communities
by Charles Durrett & Kathryn McCamant

A man's home is his castle. But demographic and economic changes haveturned our castles into islands. How can we regain the elements of the traditional village – family, cooperation, community and a sense of belonging – within the context of …
related subjects: Community Building

Dry Run
Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis
by Jerry Yudelson

In the Age of Scarcity now upon us, fresh water shortages are an increasingly serious global problem. With water restrictions emerging in many developed countries and water diversions for industrial, urban and environmental reasons stirring up …
related subjects: Environment & Economy

The Carbon Charter
Blueprint for a Carbon-Free Future
by Godo Stoyke

As mayors and city councilors seek solutions to climate change, existing policies and legislation can stand in the way of effective change.
The Carbon Charter is the first book to describe the municipal bylaws required to abate climate change and …
related subjects: Urban Issues