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- catalog abstract ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11380359.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog 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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-450) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction : green urbanism and the lessons of European cities -- Land use and urban form : planning compact cities -- Creative housing and living environments -- Transit cities : public transport innovations and priorities -- Taming the auto : the promise of car-free cities -- Bicycles : low-tech ecological mobility -- Urban ecology and strategies for greening the urban environment -- Urban ecocycle balancing : toward closed-loop cities -- Renewable energy cities : living on solar income -- Building ecologically : designing buildings and neighborhoods with nature in mind -- Ecological governance in green-urban cities -- Building a sustainable economy : innovations in restorative commerce -- The promise of green urbanism : lessons from European cities.".
- catalog extent "xv, 491 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Green urbanism.".
- catalog identifier "1559636823 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Green urbanism.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Island Press,".
- catalog relation "Green urbanism.".
- catalog spatial "Europe.".
- catalog subject "Cities and towns Europe.".
- catalog subject "City planning Environmental aspects.".
- catalog subject "HT241 .B437 2000X".
- catalog subject "Sustainable development.".
- catalog subject "Urban ecology (Sociology)".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction : green urbanism and the lessons of European cities -- Land use and urban form : planning compact cities -- Creative housing and living environments -- Transit cities : public transport innovations and priorities -- Taming the auto : the promise of car-free cities -- Bicycles : low-tech ecological mobility -- Urban ecology and strategies for greening the urban environment -- Urban ecocycle balancing : toward closed-loop cities -- Renewable energy cities : living on solar income -- Building ecologically : designing buildings and neighborhoods with nature in mind -- Ecological governance in green-urban cities -- Building a sustainable economy : innovations in restorative commerce -- The promise of green urbanism : lessons from European cities.".
- catalog title "Green urbanism : learning from European cities / Timothy Beatley.".
- catalog type "text".