Includes bibliographical references (pages [141]-193) and index.
Contents
Introduction : beloved communities, benighted times -- Against "shapeless giantism." -- Mega dreams and small city realities : trafficking in transportation planning -- "It takes the whole region to make the city" : agriculture on the urban fringe and beyond -- Framing urban farming -- Making good : renewables and the revival of smaller industrial cities -- Roots of knowledge : local economics, urban scale, and schooling for civic renewal.