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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Part 2 From: The Winter Market Gardener View	Part 2 includes the following chapters: Winter Crop Planning – Vegetables in Winter – Tools for Winter Growing	Catherine Sylvestre; Jean-Martin Fortier	95	2023	$9.50 Add
From Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks Greening the City From: Toward Sustainable Communities View	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 …	Marc Roseland	16	2012	$1.60 Add
From Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks Water and Sewage From: Toward Sustainable Communities View	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 …	Marc Roseland	14	2012	$1.40 Add
From Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks Waste Reduction and Recycling From: Toward Sustainable Communities View	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 …	Marc Roseland	13	2012	$1.30 Add
From Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks Energy Efficiency and Renewables From: Toward Sustainable Communities View	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 …	Marc Roseland	16	2012	$1.60 Add
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