Planning for sustainability: creating livable, equitable and ecological communities (2nd Edition)

Publication Year

2013

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Presents a wide-ranging, accessible introduction to the concept of planning for more sustainable and livable communities. Explores topics such as how more compact and walkable cities and towns might be created, how local ecosystems can be restored, how social inequalities might be reduced, how greenhouse gas emissions might be lowered, and how more sustainable forms of economic development can be brought about. The second edition has been extensively revised and updated throughout, including an improved structure with chapters now organized under three sections. New material includes greater discussion of climate change, urban food systems, the relationships between public health and the urban environment, and international development.

Author

Wheeler, S. M.

ISBN

9780415809894

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