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The health of our planet and ourselves depends on how we plan, design, and construct the world between our buildings. Our increasing dependence on fossil fuels over the last century has given us unprecedented individual mobility and comfort, but the consequences are clear. Climate change, sprawl, an...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Abingdon, Oxon :
Routledge,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Copyright
- Title
- Contents
- Foreword
- Funder's Introduction
- Curator's Introduction
- THE GREEN COMMUNITY IN CONTEXT
- The Sustainable City: A Mythical Beast?
- DENSITY AND TRANSPORTATION
- Round, Round, Get Around: Reducing Transportation Burdens in the Green Community
- Introduction to Connectivity
- Creating the Planning and Infrastructure Framework for Mixed Use Mixed Income Transit-Oriented and Urban-Infill Development
- Sustainable Megapolitan: How Large-Scale Urban Development Can Help Green America
- CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION
- Green Communities and the Redefining of Community Wealth
- Finding Common Ground: Historic Preservation and Green Building
- Managing Development to Create Sustainable Communities
- ENERGY AND RESOURCES
- Energy and Communities
- Energy and Community Greening
- The Spillover Effects of Growing Crops for Biofuels
- Green Infrastructure for Blue Urban Watersheds
- Local Sustainable Energy Sources
- LOCAL HEALTH AND GLOBAL HEALTH
- Healthy Communities, Green Communities
- Atlantic Station
- Climate Change and Public Health
- Toward Sitopia
- Food and Community Greening
- The Impact of the Built Environment on Health-The Brain's Stress Response and the Brain-Immune Connection: Implications for Health Care and Urban Design
- CONCLUSION
- Conclusion
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Image Credits and Permissions
- Index.