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Political Science City Planning & Urban Development

Toward Sustainable Communities

Resources for Citizens and Their Governments

by (author) Mark Roseland

foreword by Jeb Brugmann

Publisher
New Society Publishers
Initial publish date
Jun 2005
Category
City Planning & Urban Development
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780865713741
    Publish Date
    Jan 1998
    List Price
    $24.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780865715356
    Publish Date
    Jun 2005
    List Price
    $24.95
  • 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.

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