Green community / edited by Susan Piedmont-Palladino and Timothy Mennel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mennel, Timothy, editor.

Piedmont-Palladino, Susan, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Environmental aspects--United States.

City planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, [2018].

Summary:

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, and reliance on foreign oil are just a few of the challenges we face in designing new-and adapting existing-communities to be greener. Based on the National Building Museum's Green Community exhibition, this book is a collection of thought-provoking essays that illuminate the connections among personal health, community health, and our planet's health. Green Community brings together diverse experts, each of whom has a unique approach to sustainable planning, design, politics, and construction.

Contents:

part The Green Community in Context

chapter The Sustainable City: A Mythical Beast? / Peter Hall

part Density and Transportation

chapter Round, Round, Get Around: Reducing Transportation Burdens in the Green Community / F. Kaid Benfield

chapter Introduction to Connectivity / Fred Hansen

chapter Creating the Planning and Infrastructure Framework for Mixed Use Mixed Income Transit-Oriented and Urban-Infill Development / Jonathan Rose

chapter Sustainable Megapolitan: How Large-Scale Urban Development Can Help Green America / Robert E. Lang

part Conservation and Preservation

chapter Green Communities and the Redefining of Community Wealth / Timothy Beatley

chapter Finding Common Ground: Historic Preservation and Green Building / Richard Moe

chapter Managing Development to Create Sustainable Communities / Douglas R. Porter

part Energy and Resources

chapter Energy and Communities / William Browning

chapter The Spillover Effects of Growing Crops for Biofuels / Scott Α. Malcolm

chapter Green Infrastructure for Blue Urban Watersheds / Mary Rickel Pelletier

chapter Local Sustainable Energy Sources / Erica Heller

part Local Health and Global Health

chapter Healthy Communities, Green Communities / Howard Frumkin

chapter Climate Change and Public Health / James A. Lagro

chapter Toward Sitopia / Carolyn Steel

chapter 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 / Esther M. Sternberg

part Conclusion

chapter Conclusion / Earl Blumenauer.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-351-17797-4

1-351-17969-1

1-351-17883-0

9781351179690

OCLC:

1035762712