Title: Green Urbanism
First published: December 1, 1999
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.
Subjects: City planning, Environmental aspects, Sustainable development, Urban ecology, Cities and towns, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Urban & municipal planning, Life Sciences - Ecology, Ecology, Urban Planning, 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, Urban ecology (sociology), City planning--environmental aspects, Cities and towns--europe, Ht241 .b437 2000x