Author : Frederic O. Sargent
Publisher : Washington, D.C. : Island Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 11,52 MB
Release : 1991-10
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Rural Environmental Planning for Sustainable Communities offers an explanation of the concept of Rural Environmental Planning (REP) along with case studies that show how to apply REP to specific issues such as preserving agricultural lands, planning river and lake basins, and preserving historical sites.
Author : Tom Daniels
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 792 pages
File Size : 33,29 MB
Release : 2017-11-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1351178415
Environmental protection is a global issue. But most of the action is happening at the local level. How can communities keep their air clean, their water pure, and their people and property safe from climate and environmental hazards? Newly updated, The Environmental Planning Handbook gives local governments, nonprofits, and citizens the guidance they need to create an action plan they can implement now. It’s essential reading for a post-Katrina, post-Sandy world.
Author : Thomas L. Daniels
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,69 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Community development
ISBN : 9781611901511
Environmental protection is a global issue that largely depends on effective and timely action at the local level. In The Environmental Planning Handbook, Tom Daniels clarifies complex environmental issues, examines sustainability efforts, and offers step-by-step guidance for local governments to incorporate sustainable environmental quality into local and regional comprehensive planning.
Author : Chris Maser
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 27,99 MB
Release : 2009-09-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 1439814600
With the environment, climate change, and global warming taking center stage in the national debate, the issues seem insurmountable and certainly unsolvable at the local level. Written by Chris Maser, international consultant on forest ecology, sustainable forestry practices, and sustainable development, Social-Environmental Planning: The Design In
Author : Stephanie B. Kelly
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 34,80 MB
Release : 2004-10-17
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0742574482
Community Planning: How to Solve Urban and Environmental Problems covers the basic theoretical principles of community planning and how planning has evolved in the United States. The book defines the interdisciplinary nature of the field, identifies the forces that shape the planning process, and explains the sub-specialized areas of community planning. Throughout the text, the author draws connections between the theoretical principles of planning and their practical applications, leading to an emphasis on the essential skill that links theory to implementation and practice— problem solving. After reading each chapter and corresponding exercises, students learn to link the theoretical concepts with real world planning problems on their campus, downtown, and hometowns. Several major themes run throughout the text. First, understanding the theoretical principles of community planning leads to effective practical applications in problem solving. Second, using the problem-oriented approach is an effective way of dealing with the immediate situations that confront community planners, and lastly, planners are confronted with their political implications, therefore discussions about the role of federal, state, and local regulations on planning practice are woven into the text. Community Planning: How to Solve Urban and Environmental Problems provides students with an understanding of the events that shape community planning, the particular forces that impact the planning process, and the knowledge that is needed to link content areas together to solve planning problems. The book is suitable for students in regional, environmental, city, and community planning courses, as well as for students in related fields including geography, sociology, criminal justice, public administration, and economics. The content and problem solving techniques are valuable for all students in order to participate in community service activities in the future, and the practical aspects of the text make it suitable as a reference for professional planners and local planning board members as well.
Author : Anne Beer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 27,9 MB
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1135920443
Environmental planning forms the basis of all site development decisions and deals with the factors that must be considered before a site plan can be drawn up. Environmental Planning for Site Development emphasizes the man/nature interface and explains how nature limits and controls what can happen on every piece of land. The text is clearly set out and will help the reader understand exactly what information is needed for a site planning proposal. The book includes a live case study to demonstrate how GIS systems are now assisting in the design and decision process as communities increasingly participate in local decisions. (Local Agenda 21)
Author : Stephen M. Wheeler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 14,78 MB
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1136482016
How can human communities sustain a long-term existence on a small planet? This challenge grows ever more urgent as the threat of global warming increases. Planning for Sustainability presents a wide-ranging, intellectually well-grounded and accessible introduction to the concept of planning for more sustainable and livable communities. The text explores topics such as how more compact and walkable cities and towns might be created, how local ecosystems can be restored, how social inequalities might be reduced, how greenhouse gas emissions might be lowered, and how more sustainable forms of economic development can be brought about. The second edition has been extensively revised and updated throughout, including an improved structure with chapters now organized under three sections: the nature of sustainable planning, issues central to sustainable planning, and scales of sustainable planning. New material includes greater discussion of climate change, urban food systems, the relationships between public health and the urban environment, and international development. Building on past schools of planning theory, Planning for Sustainability lays out a sustainability planning framework that pays special attention to the rapidly evolving institutions and power structures of a globalizing world. By considering in turn each scale of planning—international, national, regional, municipal, neighborhood, and site and building—the book illustrates how sustainability initiatives at different levels can interrelate. Only by weaving together planning initiatives and institutions at different scales, and by integrating efforts across disciplines, can we move towards long-term human and ecological well-being.
Author : John Randolph
Publisher :
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 17,59 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781597267304
Since the first publication of this landmark textbook in 2004, it has received high praise for its clear, comprehensive, and practical approach. The second edition continues to offer a unique framework for teaching and learning interdisciplinary environmental planning, incorporating the latest thinking, newest research findings, and numerous, updated case studies into the solid foundation of the first edition. This new edition highlights emerging topics such as sustainable communities, climate change, and international efforts toward sustainability. It has been reorganized based on feedback from instructors, and contains a new chapter entitled "Land Use, Energy, Air Quality and Climate Change." Throughout, boxes have been added on such topics as federal laws, state and local environmental programs, and critical problems and responses. With this thoroughly revised second edition, Environmental Land Use Planning and Management maintains its preeminence as the leading textbook in its field.
Author : Julian Agyeman
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 40,41 MB
Release : 2005-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0814707114
Julian Agyeman once again pushes us all to think more critically about how to integrate two important political and intellectual projects.
Author :
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 24,2 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Ecosystem management
ISBN : 1428901698
