| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 283 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-269) and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Prologue: Cities of the Imagination""; ""1. It�s Not Really about Cities""; ""2. What Seems Green May Actually Be Brown""; ""3. But when Green Elements Align, the Results Can Be Impressive""; ""4. Revitalization Can Be Powerful""; ""5. In a Revitalizing District, Some Gentrification Might Be OK; but Not Too Much""; ""6. Cities Need Nature""; ""7. There Can Be So Much in a Name�or Not""; ""8. Sustainability Requires Attention to Legacy""; ""9. But the Past Is Not the Future"" |
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""10. Community Isn�t What It Used to Be, Apparently""""11. Meet the Environmental Paradox of Smart Growth""; ""12. Design Matters, but It Can Be Messy""; ""13. There Must Be a There""; ""14. Human Habitat Should Nourish the Mind, Body, and Spirit""; ""15. Americans Don�t Walk Much, and I Don�t Blame Them""; ""16. Driving Should Be an Option""; ""17. Getting to School Shouldn�t Be So Hard""; ""18. Walk, Drink, Walk Back""; ""19. Successful Suburbs Will Adapt to the Twenty-First Century""; ""20. Childhood Should Be about Exploring""; ""21. Grow Food, but Not Just Anywhere"" |
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""22. Cities Are Made for Faith, and Vice Versa""""23. Think Globally, Plan Locally""; ""24. Sustainability Is Where the Heart Is""; ""25. Sprawl Is Dying. Will Smart Growth Be Next?""; ""Epilogue: People Habitat and the Landscape""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Author"" |
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City planning -- United States.
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City planning -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
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Sustainable development -- United States.
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Human ecology -- United States.
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Urban health -- United States.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Regional Planning.
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City planning. (OCoLC)fst00862177
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City planning -- Environmental aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00862209
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Human ecology. (OCoLC)fst00962941
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Sustainable development. (OCoLC)fst01139731
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Urban health. (OCoLC)fst01162445
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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City planning.
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Sustainable urban development.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Benfield, F. Kaid. People habitat. Washington, D.C. : People Habitat Communications, 2014 9780989751100 |
| ISBN |
9780989751117 (electronic bk.) |
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0989751112 (electronic bk.) |
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