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Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems
By Peter Newman and Isabella JenningsModern city dwellers are largely detached from the environmental effects of their daily lives. The sources of the water they drink, the food they eat, and the energy they consume are all but(...)
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Resilient Cities
By Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley, Heather BoyerHalf of the world’s inhabitants now live in cities. In the next twenty years, the number of urban dwellers will swell to an estimated five billion people. With their inefficient transportation(...)
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The Designer's Atlas for Sustainability
By Ann ThorpeDesigning for sustainability is an innovation shaping both the design industry and design education today. Yet architects, product designers, and other key professionals in this new field have so(...)
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Building an Emerald City
By Lucia AthensIn 2000, in the midst of a municipal building boom, Seattle set new targets for building and remodeling to LEED guidelines, adopting the US Green Building Council’s LEED Silver standards for(...)
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Sustainable Landscape Construction
By J. William Thompson, Kim SorvigSustainable Landscape Construction is a crucial complement to basic landscape construction texts, and is a one-of-a-kind reference for professionals, students, and concerned citizens.(...)
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