From Sprawl to Sustainability

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From Sprawl to Sustainability
Author : Robert H. Freilich
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Publisher : American Bar Association
Language : English
Release Date : 27 April 2024
ISBN : 1604428120
Pages : 394 pages
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From Sprawl to Sustainability by Robert H. Freilich Book PDF Summary

Rev. ed. of: From sprawl to smart growth.

Smart Growth

People who live in compact, traditional towns have far smaller environmental footprints than those who live in sprawling suburbs. So why are we in thrall to urban sprawl? Are there better ways of getting about than by car? And how can 60 million people crammed into a small island find ways

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Rethinking Urban Sprawl

- Foreword - Executive summary - The policy challenge of urban sprawl - Urban sprawl as a multidimensional phenomenon - Sprawl in OECD urban areas - Causes and consequences of urban sprawl - Steering urban development to more sustainable pathways

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Growing Compact

Growing Compact: Urban Form, Density and Sustainability explores and unravels the phenomena, links and benefits between density, compactness and the sustainability of cities. It looks at the socio-climatic implications of density and takes a more holistic approach to sustainable urbanism by understanding the correlations between the social, economic and environmental

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Urban Sustainability through Smart Growth

This book investigates the new urban geographies of “smart” metropolitan regionalism across the Greater Seattle area and examines the relationship between smart growth planning strategies and spaces of work, home, and mobility. The book specifically explores Seattle within the wider space-economy and multi-scaled policy regime of the Puget Sound region

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Sustainable Urbanism

Written by the chair of the LEED-Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) initiative, Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature is both an urgent call to action and a comprehensive introduction to "sustainable urbanism"--the emerging and growing design reform movement that combines the creation and enhancement of walkable and diverse places with the

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Energy Sprawl Solutions

Over the next several decades, as human populations grow, the demand for energy will soar. But renewable energy sources have a large energy sprawl--the amount of land needed to produce energy--which can threaten biodiversity. In Energy Sprawl Solutions, scientists Joseph M. Kiesecker and David Naugle provide a roadmap for preserving

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Rethinking Urban Sprawl Moving Towards Sustainable Cities

This report provides a new perspective to the nature of urban sprawl and its causes and environmental, social and economic consequences.

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