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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks Atmospheric Change and Air Quality From: Toward Sustainable Communities View	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 …	Marc Roseland	11	2012	$1.10 Add
From Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks Transportation Planning and Traffic Management From: Toward Sustainable Communities View	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 …	Marc Roseland	19	2012	$1.90 Add
From Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks Land Use and Urban Form From: Toward Sustainable Communities View	Sustainable land use can help invigorate communities, and provide considerable environmental, economic, social, and cultural benefits. Redeveloping and reusing existing buildings and land can …	Marc Roseland	21	2012	$2.10 Add
From Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks Housing and Community Development From: Toward Sustainable Communities View	Community development requires good urban design to foster connection and neighborliness, and programs, policies, and initiatives to encourage healthy human interaction, including safety, …	Marc Roseland	14	2012	$1.40 Add
From Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks Community Economic Development From: Toward Sustainable Communities View	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 …	Marc Roseland	20	2012	$2.00 Add
From NEW! Part 2: Sustainable Community Development Part 2 Section 1: Environmental Sustainability (Place) From: Toward Sustainable Communities View	Part 2 Section 1 includes the following chapters: Natural Capital (Land, Water, Air, Waste, Energy) – Built Capital (Buildings, Landscapes, Travelways)	Margaret Stout; Maria Spiliotopoulou; Mark Roseland	67	2024	$6.70 Add
From NEW! Part 2: Sustainable Community Development Part 2 Section 2: Economic Sustainability (Prosperity) From: Toward Sustainable Communities View	Part 2 Section 2 includes the following chapters: Organizational Capital (Public, Nonprofit, Business, Civic) – Political Capital (Authority, Influence, Empowerment) – Financial …	Margaret Stout; Maria Spiliotopoulou; Mark Roseland	68	2024	$6.80 Add
From NEW! Part 2: Sustainable Community Development Part 2 Section 3: Social Sustainability (People) From: Toward Sustainable Communities View	Part 2 Section 3 includes the following chapters: Cultural Capital (Self-Efficacy, Heritage, Creative Arts) – Human Capital (Agency, Potential, Well-Being) – Relational Capital …	Margaret Stout; Maria Spiliotopoulou; Mark Roseland	55	2024	$5.50 Add
From NEW! Part 3 Caring For the Earth From: Human Permaculture View	Biodiversity, the Key to Balance – Water Is Life – Soil, Too, Is Life – Forest: Bridge between Land and Sky	Bernard Alonso; Cecile Guiochon	44	2020	$4.40 Add
From Part 3 From: The Winter Market Gardener View	Part 3 includes the following chapters: Tending to Winter Crops – Fall Harvests for Cold Storage – Growing and Selling Vegetables Year-Round – Conclusion	Catherine Sylvestre; Jean-Martin Fortier	70	2023	$7.00 Add
From Part 3: Mobilizing Citizens and Their Governments Governing Sustainable Communities From: Toward Sustainable Communities View	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 …	Marc Roseland	17	2012	$1.70 Add
From Part 3: Mobilizing Citizens and Their Governments Tools for Community Sustainability From: Toward Sustainable Communities View	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 …	Marc Roseland	12	2012	$1.20 Add
From Part 3: Mobilizing Citizens and Their Governments Lessons and Challenges From: Toward Sustainable Communities View	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 …	Marc Roseland	6	2012	$0.60 Add
From NEW! Part 3: Moving the Needle From: Toward Sustainable Communities View	Part 3 includes the following chapters: Navigating Community Challenge – A Call to Action	Margaret Stout; Maria Spiliotopoulou; Mark Roseland	35	2024	$3.50 Add
From NEW! Part 4 Caring For People From: Human Permaculture View	Permacultivating Our Food – Water, a Vital Element – Food from Plants – Food from Animals – Food from the Ocean – Food from Insects – A Design to Feed Your Family	Bernard Alonso; Cecile Guiochon	81	2020	$8.10 Add
From Part One: Overview From: Mediator's Handbook View	What is mediation? What makes mediation work? What is the mediator’s role? The anatomy of the mediation process. The anatomy of a session. Process-centered mediation. Guilding principles …	Caroline C. Packard; Eileen Stief; Jennifer E. Beer	11	2012	$1.10 Add