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Sustainable Communities - The Potential for Eco-Neighbourhoods (Paperback)
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Sustainable Communities - The Potential for Eco-Neighbourhoods (Paperback)
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'This book re-addresses the concepts of neighbourhood and community
in a refreshing and challenging way. It will be of immense benefit,
not only to town planners but also to al those professional and
voluntary groups and politicians who seek to create the new
communities of tomorrow' From the Foreword by Jed Griffiths, Past
President of the Royal Town Planning Institute. There is widespread
support for the principle of creating more sustainable communities,
but much hazy, wishful-thinking about what this might mean in
practice. In reality, we witness more the death of local
neighbourhoods than their creation or rejuvenation, reflecting an
increasingly mobile, privatized and commodified society.
Sustainable Communities examines the practicalities of re-inventing
neighbourhoods. It is neither an idealistic, utopian tract nor a
designer's manual, but is, rather, a serious attempt to address the
real issues. This collection of expert contributions: * examines
the nature of local community and methods of building social
capital * presents the findings of a world-wide survey of
eco-neighbourhoods and eco-villages with case studies from the
United Kingdom, Europe, America and Australia * develops a fresh
perspective on the planning and design of neighbourhoods in urban
areas, based on the eco-system approach * explores practical
programmes for local resource management and the implications for
community-based decision-making * provides a detailed appendix
listing current eco-village and eco-neighbourhood schemes by
country Written by an interdisciplinary team of social and
environmental scientists, town planners and urban designers, this
is a thought-provoking and important contribution to both the
theory and practice of the development of sustainable communities.
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