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| Preface and Acknowledgments | |
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| Context and Background | |
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| Introduction: Green Urbanism and the Lessons of European Cities | |
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| The Important Role of Cities in Global Sustainability | |
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| The Vision of Green Urbanism | |
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| Research Methods and the Cities Examined | |
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| Issues of Transferability: Why Study European Cities? | |
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| The Relevance and Role of Urban Sustainability in Europe | |
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| The Plan of the Book to Follow | |
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| Land Use and Community | |
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| Land Use and Urban Form: Planning Compact Cities | |
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| Strategies for Compact Urban Development | |
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| Compact Growth Districts, with a Green Emphasis | |
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| Urban Villages and the Importance of City-Centers | |
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| New Towns and Growth Centers | |
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| Regional and National Spatial Planning | |
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| The Value of Rural, Agricultural, and Undeveloped Lands | |
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| Cultural and Other Influencing Factors | |
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| Economic Signals and Policy Instruments | |
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| Sustainable Land Use Trends? | |
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| Lessons for American Cities: Prospects for More Compact Urban Form | |
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| Creative Housing and Living Environments | |
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| Planning Livable Environments | |
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| Urban-Village Living | |
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| Accessory Units and Mixed Housing Environments | |
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| Housing over Shops | |
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| Hofjes, Cohousing, and Ecovillages | |
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| Preservation and Adaptive Reuse | |
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| Streets, Urban Design, and the Civic Realm | |
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| Pedestrianized Centers | |
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| Lessons for American Cities | |
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| Transportation and Mobility in Green-Urban Cities | |
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| Transit Cities: Public Transport Innovations and Priorities | |
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| High-Mobility Transit Cities | |
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| Public Transit Strategies and Solutions | |
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| Coordinating Transit and Land Use | |
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| Multimodal, Integrated Systems | |
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| Systematic Transit Priority | |
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| The Clear Benefits | |
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| The Tram City | |
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| The Special Feel of Trams | |
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| High-Speed Rail, Green Transit, and Other Creative Mobility Strategies | |
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| Lessons for American Cities | |
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| Taming the Auto: The Promise of Car-Free Cities | |
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| The Promise of Car-Free Cities | |
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| Traffic-Calming and Car-Limiting City Strategies | |
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| Car-Free Developments and Housing Estates | |
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| Car-Sharing | |
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| Call-a-Car and Demand Management | |
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| Road Pricing | |
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| Lessons for American Cities | |
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| Bicycles: Low-Tech Ecological Mobility | |
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| Bicycles as a Legitimate Form of Mobility | |
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| Bicycle-Friendly Cities | |
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| Public Bikes Programs | |
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| Building a Bike-Riding Culture | |
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| Lessons for American Cities | |
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| Green, Organic Cities | |
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| Urban Ecology and Strategies for Greening the Urban Environment | |
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| Cities like Forests | |
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| Natural Capital of Cities | |
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| Ecological Networks: National and Urban | |
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| Reimagining the Built Environment: Organic, Living Buildings and Urban Landscapes | |
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| Eco-Bridges | |
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| City Farms and Ecology Parks | |
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| Green Schools | |
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| Desealing and Natural Drainage Strategies | |
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| Planning for Local Climate | |
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| Ecological Regeneration | |
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| Ecological Urban Restructuring | |
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| Urban Gardens | |
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| Urban Wildlife and Habitat Conservation | |
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| Lessons for American Cities | |
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| Urban Ecocycle Balancing: Toward Closed-Loop Cities | |
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| Urban "Ecocycles" and the Metabolism of Cities | |
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| Connections between City and Hinterland | |
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| Closed-Loop Economies: Industrial Symbiosis in the City | |
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| Ecocycle-Balanced Neighborhoods and Urban Development | |
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| Encouraging Ecocycle Balancing: The Role of Green Taxes | |
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| Lessons for American Cities | |
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| Renewable Energy Cities: Living on Solar Income | |
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| Low-Energy, Renewable-Energy Cities | |
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| Municipal Energy Planning and Conservation | |
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| Decentralized Energy Production | |
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| Strides in Energy Efficiency | |
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| Energy Standards for New Development | |
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| Urban Policies to Promote Renewable Energy | |
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| Emerging Solar Cities | |
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| Solar Urban Development | |
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| Zero-Energy Building and Energy-Balanced Homes | |
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| Carbon Dioxide Reduction Strategies | |
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| Lessons for American Cities | |
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| Building Ecologically: Designing Buildings and Neighborhoods with Nature in Mind | |
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| A Revolution in Ecological Building | |
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| Many Examples of Ecological Building Projects: The Dutch Leading the Way | |
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| Ecological Urban Renewal | |
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| Strategies for Promoting Green Building | |
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| Green Mortgages | |
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| Green House Numbers | |
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| Other Important Strategies | |
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| Lessons for American Cities | |
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| Governance and Economy | |
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| Ecological Governance in Green-Urban Cities | |
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| Audits, Indicators, and Targets | |
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| Sustainability Matrices and Appraisals | |
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| Environmental Budgets and Charters | |
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| Procurement and Investment Policies | |
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| Employee Mobility Strategies | |
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| Management of Municipal Buildings and Properties | |
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| Green Energy | |
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| Environmental Vehicles | |
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| Ecological Twinnings and Looking Beyond the City's Borders | |
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| Educating and Engaging the Public: Local Agenda 21 and Community-Based Initiatives | |
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| Public Awareness Campaigns | |
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| The Role of the Nongovernmental Sector | |
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| Confronting the Consumer: Eco-Teams and Green Codes | |
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| Supporting and Encouraging Ecological Communities | |
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| Lessons for American Cities | |
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| Building a Sustainable Economy: Innovations in Restorative Commerce | |
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| Building a Sustainable Local Economy | |
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| Supporting Sustainable Local Businesses | |
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| Industrial Symbiosis and Ecoindustrial Parks | |
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| Envisioning a Sustainable Factory | |
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| Sustainable Industrial Estates | |
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| Economic and Ecological Renewal: Economic Development through Landscape Recycling | |
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| Green Offices: More Ecological Ways of Working? | |
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| Ecobusinesses and Green Consumerism | |
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| Marketing Sustainable Business and Technologies | |
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| Lessons for American Cities | |
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| Learning from Europe | |
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| The Promise of Green Urbanism: Lessons from European Cities | |
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| The Challenges of Green Urbanism | |
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| Creating Green and Sustainable Cities in The United States: Lessons from Europe | |
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| A Final Note: From Aalborg to Austin | |
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| References | |
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| Individuals Interviewed | |
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| Charter of European Cities and Towns: Towards Sustainability | |
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| Index | |