People habitat : 25 ways to think about greener, healthier cities /

"With over 80 percent of Americans now living in cities and suburbs, getting our communities right has never been more important, more complicated, or more fascinating. Longtime sustainability leader Kaid Benfield shares 25 enlightening and entertaining essays about the wondrous ecology of huma...

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Main Author: Benfield, F. Kaid
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : People Habitat Communications, 2014.
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Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
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505 0 |a Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Cities of the Imagination -- 1. Itâ€?s Not Really about Cities -- 2. What Seems Green May Actually Be Brown -- 3. But when Green Elements Align, the Results Can Be Impressive -- 4. Revitalization Can Be Powerful -- 5. In a Revitalizing District, Some Gentrification Might Be OK; but Not Too Much -- 6. Cities Need Nature -- 7. There Can Be So Much in a Nameâ€?or Not -- 8. Sustainability Requires Attention to Legacy -- 9. But the Past Is Not the Future 
505 8 |a 10. Community Isnâ€?t What It Used to Be, Apparently11. Meet the Environmental Paradox of Smart Growth -- 12. Design Matters, but It Can Be Messy -- 13. There Must Be a There -- 14. Human Habitat Should Nourish the Mind, Body, and Spirit -- 15. Americans Donâ€?t Walk Much, and I Donâ€?t Blame Them -- 16. Driving Should Be an Option -- 17. Getting to School Shouldnâ€?t Be So Hard -- 18. Walk, Drink, Walk Back -- 19. Successful Suburbs Will Adapt to the Twenty-First Century -- 20. Childhood Should Be about Exploring -- 21. Grow Food, but Not Just Anywhere 
505 8 |a 22. Cities Are Made for Faith, and Vice Versa23. Think Globally, Plan Locally -- 24. Sustainability Is Where the Heart Is -- 25. Sprawl Is Dying. Will Smart Growth Be Next? -- Epilogue: People Habitat and the Landscape -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author 
520 |a "With over 80 percent of Americans now living in cities and suburbs, getting our communities right has never been more important, more complicated, or more fascinating. Longtime sustainability leader Kaid Benfield shares 25 enlightening and entertaining essays about the wondrous ecology of human settlement, and how to make it better for both people and the planet. People Habitat explores topics as diverse as "green" housing developments that are no such thing, the tricky matter of gentrifying inner cities, why people don't walk much anymore, and the relationship between cities and religion. Written with intellect, insight, and from-the-heart candor, each real-world story in People Habitat will make you see our communities in a new light"--Publisher's Description 
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