Sustainable communities
By: Woodrow W. Clark II, editor
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9781441902184; 9781441902191
Subjects: Industries; Citizen participation; Sustainable development; Environmental aspects; Leefmilieu; Carbon dioxide mitigation; Duurzame ontwikkeling; Leefgemeenschappen; Sustainable living; Environmental responsibility
Description: "Written as a professional reference book and a case textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in a variety of disciplines, Sustainable Communities contains detailed case studies of communities in U.S.A., Europe, and Asia that have become sustainable. In most cases, these communities are either off the central power grid or will be by 2010, and are examples of what regions, cities, towns, and communities - such as colleges, businesses and shopping malls - can do to become sustainable." "The book provides a vast amount of materials and data including design, and the legal, economic, and technologic aspects of how environments become sustainable. It provides the general public with a multi-disciplinary perspective and understanding of sustainable development from actual cases, along with some well-established resources and tools"--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and overview / -- Woodrow W. Clark II and Russell Vare; title: The role of business leaders in community sustainability coalitions : a historical perspective  -- Christine Meisner Rosen; title: Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD)  -- Larry Eisenberg; title: Sustainable cities as communities and villages  -- Patrick Stoner; title: Greening existing communities  -- Christine S.E. Magar; title: Santa Monica sustainable city plan : sustainability in action  -- Brenden McEneaney; title: Renewable energy practices in the city and county of San Francisco  -- Jatian Dugar, Phil Ting, Johanna Partin; title: Building sustainability : the role of K-12 education  -- Bill Radulovich; title: Google's clean energy 2030 plan : why it matters  -- Thomas Jensen and David Schoenberg; title: Sustainable communities in the UK  -- Claire Bonham-Carter; title: Sustainable towns : the case of Frederikshaven - 100% renewable energy  -- Henrik Lund and Poul Alberg Ostergaard; title: Sustainable communities : the Piedmont Region, Settimo Torinese, Italy  -- Teresio Asola and Alex Riolfo; title: Sustainable development in Lithuania  -- Natalija Lepkova; title: Rizhao : China's green beacon for sustainable Chinese cities  -- Calvin Lee Kwan; title: Ecological construction and sustainable development in China : the case of Jiaxing Municipality  -- Wang Weiyi and Li Xing; title: Japanese experience with efforts at the community level toward a sustainable economy : accelerating collaboration between local and central governments  -- Kentaro Funaki and Lucas Adams -- Conclusion and summary : The next step -- Appendix A. Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) -- Appendix B.; title: Aragon and Navarra, Spain -- -- Appendix C.; title: City design and planning : a global overview and perspective.