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

Name: Toward Sustainable Communities Solutions for Citizens and Their Governments-Fourth Edition
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ISBN: 9780865717114

ISBN-10: 0865717117

ISBN-13: 9780865717114

Edition: 4th 2012 (Revised)

Authors: Mark Roseland

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The need to make our communities sustainable is more urgent than ever before.Toward Sustainable Communitiesremains the single most useful resource for creating vibrant, healthy, equitable, economically viable places. This comprehensive update of the classic text presents a leading-edge overview of sustainability in a new fully illustrated, full-color format.Compelling new case studies and expanded treatment of sustainability in rural as well as urban settings are complemented by contributions from a range of experts around the world, demonstrating how "community capital" can be leveraged to meet the needs of cities and towns for:Energy efficiency, waste reduction, and recyclingWater,…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: New Society Publishers, Limited
Publication date: 7/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 2.024
Language: English

Mark Roseland is Director of the Centre for Sustainable Community Development at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. A past editor of Local Environment and RAIN magazine, he lectures internationally and advises communities and governments.



Acknowledgments


Preface to the Fourth Edition


Foreword



How This Book Is Organized



Sustainable Communities, Sustainable Planet



The Context for Sustainable Communities



Sustainable Community Development



Making Community Policy



Sustainable Community Building Blocks



Cultivating Greener, Food-secure Communities



Water and Sewage



Waste Reduction and Recycling



Energy Efficiency and Renewables



Transportation Planning and Traffic Management



Land Use, Urban Form and Community Design



Housing and Community Development



Green Building



Community Economic Development



Climate Change



Communities Integrating Sustainability



Mobilizing Citizens and Their Governments



Governing Sustainable Communities



Tools for Community Sustainability



The Community Capital Tool



Lessons and Challenges


Appendix: Pando Sustainable Communities


References


Index


Contributors


About the Author