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- catalog abstract ""The Key to Sustainable Cities uses the principles of system dynamics to demonstrate how yesterday's solutions have turned into the problems cities are facing today. The book points to a new approach to city planning that builds on assets as a starting point for cities to develop healthy social, governance, economic, and environmental systems. It helps communities understand the forces that support unsustainable systems, gives them new ways to look at problems, and outlines tools for designing new strategies to improve their environmental, economic, and social performance by using powerful local leverage points for change."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b13089338.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""The Key to Sustainable Cities uses the principles of system dynamics to demonstrate how yesterday's solutions have turned into the problems cities are facing today. The book points to a new approach to city planning that builds on assets as a starting point for cities to develop healthy social, governance, economic, and environmental systems. It helps communities understand the forces that support unsustainable systems, gives them new ways to look at problems, and outlines tools for designing new strategies to improve their environmental, economic, and social performance by using powerful local leverage points for change."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "How communities meet human needs -- Perceiving the community as a whole system -- Community capacity and sustainability -- Systems thinking for communities -- Celebrating assets and creating a vision -- Envisioning a beautiful world -- The challenge of change -- Whole system strategies -- Leverage points -- Initiating action -- Success -- The living, learning, caring community.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xii, 259 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Key to sustainable cities.".
- catalog identifier "0865714991 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Key to sustainable cities.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Gabriola, B.C. : New Society Publishers,".
- catalog relation "Key to sustainable cities.".
- catalog subject "307.1/216 21".
- catalog subject "City planning.".
- catalog subject "Community development, Urban.".
- catalog subject "HT166 .H359 2003".
- catalog subject "Sustainable development.".
- catalog tableOfContents "How communities meet human needs -- Perceiving the community as a whole system -- Community capacity and sustainability -- Systems thinking for communities -- Celebrating assets and creating a vision -- Envisioning a beautiful world -- The challenge of change -- Whole system strategies -- Leverage points -- Initiating action -- Success -- The living, learning, caring community.".
- catalog title "The key to sustainable cities : meeting human needs, transforming community systems / Gwendolyn Hallsmith.".
- catalog type "text".