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Book summaries and articles concerning urban affairs, planning, transportation, and coping with pollution, sprawl, and other environmental challenges. Includes "Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back." By the architecture/planning critic of The Nation.
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Describes several projects to support sustainable development and improve community and regional leaders` understanding of how economic and environmental decisions can work hand in hand to bring a new vitality to Northwest Pennsylvania.
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Creative strategies for making cities and their surrounding areas work for everyone, environmentally and economically.
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Chelsea Green publishes information to help design future lives where human activities of production and consumption are balanced in harmony with the natural state of the world.
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An UN inititative, and part of UNEP. A program to facilitate easy access to environmental information for sound decision-making and general awareness-raising in cities.
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Citizen activists educating and inspiring people to build a more community-oriented and ecologically sustainable society. (Portland, Oregon)
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Washington State University's School of Architecture web site explores some interactive design-planning topics and presents a proposal for Pullman, Washington, USA.
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Criterion is an urban planning firm specializing in sustainable community development.
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EcoIQ magazine and links to a large collection of Internet resources related to sustainable communities.
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Describes the transformation of Malmö, Sweden, into sustainability, including details of building design and about management of traffic, rainwater, and waste.
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Provides a team of international and Australian professionals committed towards a common goal of facilitating, developing and servicing sustainability. Also provides a Search engine for Sustainability using popular portals.
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South African consultants and advisors in the field of sustainable community and rural development describe their capabilities and discuss topics such as permaculture and handling issues of rapid urbanization through waste management, recycling, and incineration.
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Consulting firm that specializes in environmental sustainability, strengthened economies, and social equity, Based in Virginia.
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Organización no gubernamental que trabaja en los campos de la salud, la educación y el medio ambiente.
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News, resources, and tips from Environment Canada (a government department).
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Project to promote healthy cities and sustainable communities by developing maps to chart the sites of environmental significance in urban places around the world. Includes examples.
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Environmental support for regeneration and grants for businesses and communities in Wales. Includes advice on community involvement and sustainability as well as grant information and links to local projects, mostly in South Wales.
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Explores planning process for community sustainability, including how to assess environmental issues and set environmental priorities; as well as how to implement selected actions and monitor and evaluate results.
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One stop guide for U.S. Local Governments. Enhance the Sustainability of Your Community Through: Environmental Protection; Economic Vitality; and Community Well-Being.
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develops indicators that measure progress toward a sustainable economy,society and environment.
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Focuses on economically and environmentally sound mountain development and improving the living standards of mountain communities in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas.
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International clearinghouse on sustainable development and environmental protection policies, programs, and techniques being implemented at the local level by local institutions. Resources and links on Local Agenda 21, Green Fleets, environmental budgeting, other topics.
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A series of urban, community design events and university of british columbia-based research projects providing a number of potential solutions to the problems spawned by non-sustainable urban/suburban growth.
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sponsored by U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) and National Association of Counties
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Online report of RAND study (1997). Includes case studies and extensive bibliography.
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The Priorities Institute examines alternative community designs, carfree cities, cohousing, recycling pantries, and other concepts and technologies to promote environmentally sustainable community life.
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Some new local community sustainability indicators developed in Australia. This site provides a new methodology for indicators that sustain and develop our community and that we can all count, measure and check them for ourselves.
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Program partners with communities to improve the energy efficiency of their commercial and multifamily residential buildings and reinvest energy savings back into the community. Offers business and technical tools as well as customized assistance.
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Resources on the concept of sustainable development, including overview articles, slide shows, links, recommended books and videos, and educational materials and programs that can help communities in their sustainable development efforts.
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The Smart Growth Network helps create national, regional and local coalitions to support intelligent and sustainable growth.
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UK think tank and business consultancy on sustainable business practices.
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Aims to improve the quality of life of urban communities through developing and promoting sustainable approaches to urban living.
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Connects citizens with resources to implement innovative processes and programs to restore the economic, environmental, and social health and vitality of their communities.
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An integrated environmental initiative for the 15-county metropolitan Charlotte region in North and South Carolina. Promotes issues on air quality, sustainable growth and water resources.
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Book published by The Institute for Local Self-Reliance, provides strategies for reviving independent businesses and Main Streets.
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Provides Canada's first independent assessment of living in balance for the long term to help Canadians understand if current lifestyle and development choices are improving or threatening prospects for a healthy and successful society.
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Guide for planning and implementing sustainable community actions plans to translate the visions of the future into action oriented items.
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A grouping of urban planning researchers from around the world. It looks at urban areas as the intersection of natural, built, and socio-economic environments.
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Village Habitat Design, LLC is an award-winning architecture and planning firm with a 30 year family history of conservation design.
