Urban Sustainability : : Reconnecting Space and Place / / William Dushenko, Ann Dale, Pamela J. Robinson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Dale, Ann,; Dushenko, William,; Robinson, Pamela J.,
• MitwirkendeR: Dale, Ann,; Dushenko, William T.,; Hanna, Kevin,; Lister, Nina-Marie,; Luka, Nik,; Mcdonald, Rodney C,; Newman, Lenore,; Robinson, Pamela,; Slocombe, D. Scott,; Waldron, Levi,; Weigeldt, Nick,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.) :; 20 b&w illustrations, 3 b&w tables

Given ongoing concerns about global climate change and its impacts on cities, the need for sustainable planning has never been greater. This book explores concrete ways to achieve urban sustainability based on integrated planning, policy development, and decision-making. Urban Sustainability is the...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction
• Part I: Bridging Solitudes, Silos, and Stovepipes
• PART I Bridging Solitudes, Silos, and Stovepipes
• 1 Generational Responses: Why a Third?
• 2 Sustainability and Integrated Approaches to Regional Planning
• 3 Map-making as Place-making: Building Social Capital for Urban Sustainability
• PART II Social Capital and the Built Environment
• 4 Planning for Sustainability: Moving from Plan to Action
• 5 Towards Walkable Urban Neighbourhoods
• 6 United We Can: A Street Charity that Makes a Difference
• PART III Reconnecting Place and Space in the Rural-Urban Divide
• 7 Chickens in the City: The Urban Agriculture Movement
• 8 Finding Opportunities for Urban Sustainability in Cottage Life
• 9 Urban-Rural Tensions, Place, and Community Sustainability
• 10 Sustainable Buildings: A Necessary Component of Sustainable Communities
• Refl ections
• Contributors