People Habitat

ISLAND PRESSISBN: 9780989751100

25 Ways to Think About Greener, Healthier Cities

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By F. Kaid Benfield
Imprint: PEOPLE HABITAT COMMUNICATIONS
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Prologue: Cities of the Imagination
 
Chapter 1. It's Not Really about Cities
Chapter 2. What Seems Green May Actually Be Brown
Chapter 3. But When Green Elements Align, the Results Can Be Impressive
Chapter 4. Revitalization Can Be Powerful
Chapter 5. In a Revitalizing District, Some Gentrification Might Be OK; but Not too Much
Chapter 6. Cities Need Nature
Chapter 7. There Can Be So Much in a Name–or Not
Chapter 8. Sustainability Requires Attention to Legacy
Chapter 9. But the Past Is Not the Future
Chapter 10. Community Isn't What It Used to Be, Apparently
Chapter 11. Meet the Environmental Paradox of Smart Growth
Chapter 12. Design Matters, But It Can Be Messy
Chapter 13. There Must Be a There
Chapter 14. Human Habitat Should Nourish the Mind, Body and Spirit
Chapter 15. Americans Don't Walk Much, and I Don't Blame Them
Chapter 16. Driving Should Be an Option
Chapter 17. Getting to School Shouldn't Be So Hard
Chapter 18. Walk, Drink, Walk Back
Chapter 19. Successful Suburbs Will Adapt to the Twenty-first Century
Chapter 20. Childhood Should Be about Exploring
Chapter 21. Grow Food, but Not Just Anywhere
Chapter 22. Cities Are Made for Faith, and Vice Versa
Chapter 23. Think Globally; Plan Locally
Chapter 24. Sustainability Is Where the Heart Is
Chapter 25. Sprawl Is Dying. Will Smart Growth Be Next?
 
Epilogue: People Habitat and the Landscape
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"...this is the discourse we desperately need in planning and designing our cities..."

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