Many of today's communities face an unprecedented struggle to adapt and maintain their environmental, economic, and social well-being in an era beleaguered by fiscal constraints, uncertainty about energy prices and supplies, rapid demographic shifts, and accelerated climate impacts. This step-by-step guidebook for urban planners and urban designers explains how to create and implement an actionable plan for making neighborhoods, communities, and regions more environmentally healthy, resource-conserving, and economically resilient. Sustainable and Resilient Communitiesdelineates measures for repairing, retrofitting, and transforming our built environments and supporting systems.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons AND Sons LTD
ISBN-13
9780470536476
eBay Product ID (ePID)
97790752
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Urban Planning
Author
Stephen J. Coyle
Publication Name
Sustainable and Resilient Communities: a Comprehensive Action Plan for Towns, Cities, and Regions