Sustainable and Resilient Communities

Sustainable and Resilient Communities
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 418
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ISBN-10 : 9780470918746
ISBN-13 : 0470918748
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Book Synopsis Sustainable and Resilient Communities by : Stephen J. Coyle

Download or read book Sustainable and Resilient Communities written by Stephen J. Coyle and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-05-12 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of today's communities face an unprecedented struggle to adapt and maintain their environmental, economic, and social well-being in an era beleaguered by fiscal constraints, uncertainty about energy prices and supplies, rapid demographic shifts, and accelerated climate impacts. This step-by-step guidebook for urban planners and urban designers explains how to create and implement an actionable plan for making neighborhoods, communities, and regions more environmentally healthy, resource-conserving, and economically resilient. Sustainable and Resilient Communitiesdelineates measures for repairing, retrofitting, and transforming our built environments and supporting systems.

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