Introduction -- Cities and the green economy -- Renewable energy -- Building the energy efficient city -- Trash or treasure -- Transportation -- Only connect.
"Many major American cities are defying the conventional wisdom that suburbs are the communities of the future. But as these urban centers prosper, they increasingly confront significant constraints. In City Bound, Gerald E. Frug and David J. Barron address these limits in a new…
Many major American cities are defying the conventional wisdom that suburbs are the communities of the future. But as these urban centers prosper, they increasingly confront significant constraints. In City Bound, Gerald E. Frug and David J. Barron address these limits in a new …
"The Community Development Reader is the first comprehensive reader in the past thirty years that brings together practice, theory and critique concerning communities as sites of social change. With chapters written by some of the leading scholars and practitioners in the field,…
"This best-selling course book introduces community planning as practiced in the United States, focusing on the comprehensive plan. Revised and updated, the new edition addresses such important issues as sustainability, walkable communities, the role of urban design in public sa…
This book introduces community planning as practiced in the United States, focusing on the comprehensive plan. Sometimes known by other names-especially master plan or general plan-the type of plan described here is the predominant form of general governmental planning in the U.…
"Beginning with the foundations of community development, this book offers a comprehensive and practical approach to planning for communities. Road-tested in the authors' own teaching, and also through the training they provide for practising planners, it enables students to beg…
There is an urgent need to address the problems experienced by rapidly growing cities in the developing world. Recently, innovative approaches have focused on community-based organizations (CBOs) in setting up self-help and participatory programmes. Using the experience of CBOs …
