Planning for Sustainability : creating livable, equitable, and ecological communities. / txt
Stephen M. Wheeler.
- vi, 280 p. ill. ; plans ; 26 cm. book
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-266) and index.
Contents: Acknowledgments vii -- Chapter 1 Introduction 1 -- The need for change 2 -- The role of planning 11 -- Levels of government and scales of planning 13 -- Recent trends in urban planning and design 15 -- Chapter 2 Sustainable development 19 -- Roots of the concept 19 -- Definitions and perspectives 23 -- Modernist, postmodernist, and ecological worldviews 27 -- The role of value and institutions 32 -- Chapter 3 Theory of sustainability planning 34 -- Element of the sustainability planning approach 34-- Past perspectives on planning 43 -- Situating sustainability planning within planning theory 50 -- Planning and power 51 -- Planner′s role 51 -- Chapter 4 Planning and the Three Es 53 -- Sustainability and the environment 53 -- Sustainability and economics 55 -- Sustainability and equity 60 -- Chapter 5 Issues central to sustainability planning 66 -- Growth management and land use planning 66 -- Urban design 69 -- Housing 70 -- Transportation 72 -- Environmental protection and restoration 76 -- Energy and material use 78 -- Green architecture and building 79 -- Equity and environmental justice 80 -- Economic development 81 -- Population 82 -- Chapter 6 Tools for sustainability planning 85 -- Planning processes 85 -- Sustainability indicators 91 -- Ecological footprint analysis 95 -- Other research and analytic tools 95 -- Institutions and policy mechanisms 97 -- Education, communication, and consensus building 99 -- Organizing and coalition building 100 -- Chapter 7 International planning 102 -- Institutions 102 -- International planning issues 108 -- Sustainability issues in industrialized vs. less developed countries 109 -- Chapter 8 National planning 114 -- Who plans at a national scale? 114 -- National sustainability frameworks 117 -- National planning issues 122 -- Chapter 9 State and provincial planning 125 -- Who plans at the state and provincial scale? 126 -- State or provincial planning issues 126 -- Chapter 10 Regional planning 133 -- Types of regions 133 -- Who plans regions? 137 -- Regional sustainability issues 139 -- Chapter 11 Local government planning 152 -- Who plans at the local level?153 -- Local sustainability issues 154 -- Comprehensive local sustainability issues plans 179 -- Chapter 12 Neighborhood planning 181 -- Who does neighborhood planning? 183 -- Neighborhood sustainability issues 186 -- Chapter 13 Site planning and architecture 216 -- Who plans at the site and building scale? 216 -- Sustainable site design issues 219 -- Ecological architecture 224 -- Chapter 14 How do we get there from here? 235 -- Developing an awareness of opportunities 235 -- A strategic perspective 237 -- Dealing with power and improving democracy 238 -- An agenda for the future 240 -- Notes 242 -- Bibliography 253 -- Index 267 --
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City planning--Environmental aspects. Regional planning--Environmental aspects. Community development, Urban Urbanization--Environmental aspects. City planning--Social aspects.