Toward Sustainable Communities offers practical suggestions and innovative solutions to a wide range of municipal and community problems in clear, accessible language. Topics include air quality, transportation and traffic management, energy conservation and efficiency, land use and housing, and economic and community development in the context of achieving a sustainable community. Chapters include Tools and Initiatives sections to help readers achieve the goals of the chapter's topic, plus essential contacts and references including e-mail and web addresses. To help keep you current on vital sustainability information, New Society Publishers' web site (www.swifty.com/nsp/) will provide annual updates on the contacts and resources listed in Toward Sustainable Communities.

Toward Sustainable Communities: Resources for Citizens and Their Governments

Politics & Social Sciences

Roseland, Mark

Social Sciences

New Society Pub

Sustainable development - Yes! But how do we actually do it? This completely updated and revised edition of Mark Roseland's classic text is the best resource available for citizens and their governments on how to apply the concept of sustainable development in their communities.

Business & Money

Business Culture

New Society Publishers

Local governments are increasingly 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.
Mark Roseland is director of the Centre for Sustainable Community Development at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. He lectures internationally and advises communities and governments.

The single most useful resource out there on how to build and grow sustainable places 
 The need to make our communities sustainable is more urgent than ever before. Toward Sustainable Communities remains the single most useful resource for creating vibrant, healthy, equitable, economically viable places. This comprehensive update of the classic text presents a leading-edge overview of sustainability in a new fully illustrated, full-color format. 
 Compelling new case studies and expanded treatment of sustainability in rural as well as urban settings are complemented by contributions from a range of experts around the world, demonstrating how "community capital" can be leveraged to meet the needs of cities and towns for: 
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<li> Energy efficiency, waste reduction, and recycling </li>
<li> Water, sewage, transportation, and housing </li>
<li> Climate change and air quality </li>
<li> Land use and urban planning. </li>
</ul>
 Fully supported by a complete suite of online resources and tools, Toward Sustainable Communities is packed with concrete, innovative solutions to a host of municipal challenges. Required reading for policymakers, educators, social enterprises, and engaged citizens, this "living book" will appeal to anyone concerned about community sustainability and a livable future. 
 Mark Roseland is director of the Centre for Sustainable Community Development at Simon Fraser University and professor at SFU's School of Resource and Environmental Management. He lectures internationally, advises communities and governments on sustainable development policy and planning, and has been cited as one of British Columbia's "top fifty living public intellectuals."

Toward Sustainable Communities: Solutions for Citizens and Their Governments-Fourth Edition

The go-to guide for those seeking a comprehensive approach to sustainable community development, from the neighborhood to the regional level Toward Sustainable Communities is the definitive guide to the what, the why, and most importantly, the how of creating vibrant, healthy, equitable, and prosperous places. This fully revised 5th edition introduces the innovative Community Capital Compass as a powerful tool for maximizing the social, economic, and environmental benefits of complex community and regional decisions, and has been completely revamped to serve US as well as Canadian and other international readers. Those seeking a comprehensive approach to sustainable community planning and development from the neighborhood to the regional level will benefit from: <ul> <li>An expanded Community Capital framework which organizes community resources into eight interrelated forms of capital - natural, built, organizational, political, financial, cultural, human, and relational</li> <li>The Community Capital Compass for navigating complex situations involving everything from municipal services and land use planning to housing and climate change, to help determine strategic directions by illustrating dynamic interactions, synergies, and tradeoffs</li> <li>Elaboration of collaborative governance, community mobilization, public engagement, capacity building, infrastructure, policymaking, and best practices</li> <li>Companion website featuring case studies, profiles, online resources, interactive tools, and more.</li> </ul> Packed with concrete, proven solutions, this "living book" is the go-to guide for sustainable community development, and required reading for current and aspiring professionals or practitioners, policymakers, educators, purpose-driven organizations, engaged citizens, and anyone concerned about their communities and a sustainable future.

Toward Sustainable Communities, Fifth Edition: Solutions for Citizens and Their Governments

Stout, Margaret

Spiliotopoulou, Maria

Economics

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Toward Sustainable Communities: Resources for Citizens and Their Governments

Toward Sustainable Communities: Resources for Citizens and Their Governments

Toward Sustainable Communities: Resources for Citizens and Their Governments

Toward Sustainable Communities: Solutions for Citizens and Their Governments-Fourth Edition

Toward Sustainable Communities, Fifth Edition: Solutions for Citizens and Their Governments