Political Science City Planning & Urban Development
Toward Sustainable Communities
Resources for Citizens and Their Governments
- Publisher
- New Society Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2005
- Category
- City Planning & Urban Development
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780865713741
- Publish Date
- Jan 1998
- List Price
- $24.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780865715356
- Publish Date
- Jun 2005
- List Price
- $24.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780865717114
- Publish Date
- Jul 2012
- List Price
- $34.95
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Description
Local governments increasingly are caught between rising expectations that development initiatives be sustainable and the fact that more and more services are being downloaded to the municipal level. The third edition of this classic text offers practical suggestions and innovative solutions to a range of community problems-including energy efficiency, transportation, land use, housing, waste reduction, recycling, air quality, and governance. In clear language, with updated tools, initiatives and resources, a new preface and foreword, this sustainable practices resource is for both citizens and governments.
About the authors
Mark Roseland is Director of the Centre for Sustainable Community Development at Simon Fraser University and a professor in SFU's Department of Geography. A former editor of RAIN Magazine and North American editor of Local Environment, his publications include Eco-City Dimensions: Healthy Communities, Healthy Planet (New Society, 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.