Green Urbanism
Subtitle: Learning From European Cities
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: December 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 491
ISBN-13: 9781559636827
Subjects: Environmentalist thought & ideology; Urban & municipal planning; Sustainable development; Life Sciences - Ecology; Ecology; Urban Planning; Urban ecology; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Public Policy - Regional Planning; Politics/International Relations; Europe; Development - Sustainable Development; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection; Nature; Cities and towns; City planning; Environmental aspects
First sentence: The world is in the midst of a disturbing period of growing consumption, population, and environmental degradation.
Description: "In Green Urbanism, Timothy Beatley explains what planners and local officials in the United States can learn from the sustainable cities movement in Europe. The book draws from the extensive European experience, examining the progress and policies of twenty-five of the most innovative cities in eleven European countries. Beatley focuses on the key lessons from these cities and what their experience can teach us about effectively and creatively promoting sustainable development in the United States.".

"Green Urbanism will be a useful reference and source of ideas for urban and regional planners, states and local officials, policymakers, students of planning and geography, and anyone concerned with how cities can become more livable."--BOOK JACKET.