Eco-city dimensions : healthy communities, healthy planet /
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| Imprint: | Gabriola Island, B.C. : New Society Publishers, c1997. |
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| Description: | xii, 209 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2733204 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Dimensions of the Future: An Eco-city Overview / Mark Roseland
- Pt. 1. Eco-city Planning. 2. Greening The City: The Ecological and Human Dimensions of the City Can Be Part of Town Planning / Peter Newman. 3. Putting Cities in Their Place: Ecosystem-based Planning for Canadian Urban Regions / Robert B. Gibson, Donald H. M. Alexander and Ray Tomalty
- Pt. 2. Healthy Communities, Healthy Planet. 4. Healthy, Sustainable Communities: Concept, Fledgling Practice, and Implications for Governance / Trevor Hancock. 5. Enhancing Community Health Promotion With Local Currencies: The Local Employment & Trading System (LETS) / David Burman
- Pt. 3. Green Economic Development. 6. Economic Development as a Path to Sustainability: The Berkeley Experience / Nancy Skinner. 7. Working Together for a Green Economy / Kelly Vodden
- Pt. 4. Eco-city Housing and Community Development. 8. Urban Density and Ecological Footprints - An Analysis of Canadian Households / Lyle A. Walker and William E. Rees. 9. Ecology and Community Design: Lessons from Northern European Ecological Communities / Todd Saunders
- Pt. 5. Municipal Eco-city Initiatives. 10. Cultural Dynamics in Waitakere City, New Zealand / Melinda Laituri. 11. Municipal Initiatives for Promoting the Use of Renewable Energy / Nigel D. Mortimer, Jon E. Kellett and John F. Grant
- Pt. 6. Assessing Our Progress. 12. Sustainable Community Indicators: How to Measure Progress / Elizabeth Kline. 13. Inertia and Resistance on the Path to Healthy Communities / Jennie Moore. 14. Some Notes on Eco-city Culture / Mark Roseland.
