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Nature-Friendly Communities Habitat Protection and Land Use Planning

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ISBN-10: 1559638656

ISBN-13: 9781559638654

Edition: 2nd 2005

Authors: Chris Duerksen, Cara Snyder

List price: $67.00
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Nature-Friendly Communities presents an authoritative and readable overview of the successful approaches to protecting biodiversity and natural areas in America's growing communities. Addressing the crucial issues of sprawl, open space, and political realities, Chris Duerksen and Cara Snyder explain the most effective steps that communities can take to protect nature. The book: documents the broad range of benefits, including economic impacts, resulting from comprehensive biodiversity protection efforts; identifies and disseminates information on replicable best community practices; establishes benchmarks for evaluating community biodiversity protection programs. Nine comprehensive case…    
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Book details

List price: $67.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Island Press
Publication date: 5/10/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 421
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.980

The benefits of nature protection
Key program elements and best tools
Austin, Texas : two for the price of one - protecting water quality and habitat through land acquisition
Baltimore County, Maryland : using the entire toolkit for habitat protection
Dane County, Wisconsin : stopping sprawl and promoting infill
Eugene, Oregon : shining star of Wetlands preservation
Fort Collins and Larimer County, Colorado : a tale of two jurisdictions
Pima County, Arizona : planning for and investing in habitat protection
Placer County, California : leaving a legacy
Sanibel, Florida : do enjoy, don't destroy
Twin cities region, Minnesota : toward regional habitat conservation
Bath Township, Ohio : Riparian Overlay District
Charlotte Harbor, Florida : Ambitious Regional Critical Area Protection Program
Chicago wilderness : Biodiversity Recovery Plan
DeKalb County, Georgia : Greenspace Program
Farmington Valley, Connecticut : a valley's biodiversity project
King County, Washington : Benchmark Program
Pittsford, New York : greenprint for a town's future
Powell County, Montana : rural county wildlife protection
Teton County, Wyoming : Natural Resource Overlay District
Traverse Bay Area, Michigan : new designs for growth
Loudoun County, Virginia : green infrastructure meets green money