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Toward Sustainable Communities

Solutions for Citizens and Their Governments - Fourth Edition

The need to make our communities sustainable is more urgent than ever before. Toward Sustainable Communities remains the single most useful resource for creating vibrant, healthy, equitable, economically viable places. This comprehensive update of the classic text presents a leading-edge overview of sustainability in a new fully-illustrated, full-color format.

Compelling new case studies and expanded treatment of sustainability in rural as well as urban settings are complemented by contributions from a range of experts around the world, demonstrating how "community capital" can be leveraged to meet the needs of cities and towns for:

Energy efficiency, waste reduction and recycling

Water, sewage, transportation and housing

Climate change and air quality

Land use and urban planning.

Fully supported by a complete suite of online resources and tools, Toward Sustainable Communities is packed with concrete, innovative solutions to a host of municipal challenges. Required reading for policymakers, educators, social enterprises and engaged citizens, this "living book" will appeal to anyone concerned about community sustainability and a livable future.

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Marc Roseland

Mark Roseland, Ph.D., MCIP, is Director of the Centre for Sustainable Community Development (www.sfu.ca/cscd) at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada and is a professor in SFU’s Department of Geography. In 1990, as Research Director for the City of Vancouver’s Clouds of Change Task Force, he orchestrated one of the first comprehensive municipal responses to global atmospheric change and local air-quality problems. A former Editor of RAIN magazine, he was the North American Editor of the international journal Local Environment, published in association with ICLEI — Local Governments for Sustainability, from its inception in 1995 until 2002, and continues to serve on its Editorial Advisory Board. His numerous publications include Eco-City Dimensions: Healthy Communities, Healthy Planet (New Society Publishers, 1997). He lectures internationally, advises communities and governments on sustainable development policy and planning, and participates actively in sustainable community development projects in Vancouver and elsewhere.

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 This chapter explores the context for sustainable communities. Acting locally is more significant when we think globally, so that is where we begin our discussion of "sustainable … 15 $1.50

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 This chapter examines sustainability at the community level. It begins with a look at communities in developed and developing parts of the world, proceeds to investigate some of the reasons why … 14 $1.40

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 For communities to move effectively toward sustainability, citizens and their governments should understand the range of policy instruments available to them and the wider context of how … 12 $1.20

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 Greening the city refers to strategies and techniques that protect and restore ecology within urban communities. It means a fruit tree-lined street, a creek meandering through an urban … 16 $1.60

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 North America is abundant in lakes and rivers yet, in many regions, water resources are in critical supply. Costs for operating, maintaining and expanding sewage treatment facilities continue to … 14 $1.40

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 Reuse and reduction offer the greatest opportunities for eliminating pollution and depletion of natural resources, yet they are often perceived to be at odds with economic development. How does a … 13 $1.30

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 Canadians and Americans consume more energy per capita than any other nation. Environmental impacts of our consumptive lifestyles include ozone layer depletion, acid rain, smog, potential climate … 16 $1.60

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 Although atmospheric change is a complex technical issue, only a few basic concepts are required to comprehend its implications and design community strategies to reduce its threat. This chapter … 11 $1.10

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 Unsustainable transport systems not only are a major contributor to atmosphere change, but also lead to increasing congestion, longer commuting times, increasing demands for shorter work hours to … 19 $1.90

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 Sustainable land use can help invigorate communities, and provide considerable environmental, economic, social, and cultural benefits. Redeveloping and reusing existing buildings and land can … 21 $2.10

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 Community development requires good urban design to foster connection and neighborliness, and programs, policies, and initiatives to encourage healthy human interaction, including safety, … 14 $1.40

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 Sustainable community economic development (CED) is a feasible, community-based alternative to the economy we are familiar with — an economy focused on growth rather than development, on … 20 $2.00

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 This chapter is about governing sustainable communities, and explores both governance and government in this context. In particular, it focuses on public participation, decision-making, the role … 17 $1.70

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 Moving toward sustainable communities is a long-term goal, so it is important that the incremental steps we take in the short-term are leading us in the right direction. This chapter surveys some … 12 $1.20

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 There is an emerging recognition that a contemporary view of sustainable development has to blend this basic desire for economic prosperity (or at least survival) with multiple bottom-line … 6 $0.60