02252nam a22002657a 4500003000600000005001700006008004100023020001900064020001600083040003400099100001900133245010600152250002800258264006000286300003800346336002600384337002800410338002700438504003500465505063300500520077401133650002501907650003401932650002001966pucpr20250723141359.0081126s2008 ncua b 000 0 eng d a9780557019403  a0557019400  apucprbengerdacpucprdpucpr1 aCorrea, Jaime.10aSelf-Sufficient Urbanism :ba vision of contraction for the non-distant future. /cJaime Correa.htxt aFirst paperback edition aMorrisville, North Carolina :bLulu Enterprise ,c2008. a100 p.bcol. ill. ;c19 cm.fbook 2rdacontentatextbtxt 2rdamediaaunmediadedbn 2rdacarrieravolumebnc aIncludes references (p. 87-91) a13 Introduction: The Future Is Now -- 17 Current Predicament -- 27 Peak Oil and Self Sufficiency -- 33 The Nature of Self Sufficient Urbanism -- 39 Territorial Scale and Population -- 43 Land Uses -- 45 Civic Spaces and Market Nodes -- 49 Urban Fabric and Road Network -- 51 Transportation -- 53 Buildings -- 57 Support Facilities -- 59 Urban Landscape and Food Production -- 67 Water and Irrigation Management -- 73 Passive Energy Generation -- 77 Waste Management -- 79 Conclusion: Moral Choice or Cruel Fate -- 83 Appendix : Self Sufficient Communities -- 87 List of Refences -- 93 Acknowledgements -- 97 About The Author -- aSelf Sufficient Urbanism is the most comprehensive town design mitigation plan available in today's transitional market. It encourages the creation of sustainable urban villages and rural settlements where almost everything needed for our daily living is found, produced, created, used, re used and recycled at walking distance from an identifiable center and in closed economic loops. Self sufficient Urbanism focuses on the ''re localization'' of resources, and on the advocacy and development of technologies attempting to eliminate our existence fossil fuel dependency and reduce our current rate of carbon emissions. This introductory pamphet reviews the existing universal predicament and offers a positive solution of contraction, simplicity and human dignity -- 0aCity planning2Local 0aSustainable urban development 0aLand use2Local