Title & Author:

Sustainable communities : a new design synthesis for cities, suburbs, and towns / [edited] by Sim Van der Ryn & Peter Calthrope.

Publication:

San Francisco : Sierra Club Books, 1991.

Description:

xvii, 238 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
The urban context / Peter Calthorpe -- The suburban context / Sim Van der Ryn -- The new suburban fabric / Sim Van der Ryn and Peter Calthorpe -- The mass and information economy / Paul Hawken -- Design as if people mattered / Clare Cooper-Marcus -- Local self reliance / David Morris -- Architecture and biology / John Todd -- Metropolitan food systems and the sustainable city / David Katz -- Real possibilities in the transportation myths / Fred Reid -- A short history of twentieth century towns / Peter Calthorpe.
Also issued online.

ISBN:

087156629X
9780871566294

Subject:

Community development, Urban United States.
Environmental policy United States.
Urban ecology (Biology) United States.
City planning United States.
Architecture and society United States.
Autarchy United States Case studies.
Développement communautaire urbain États-Unis Cas, Études de.
Rénovation urbaine États-Unis Cas, Études de.
Urbanisme États-Unis.
Architecture et société États-Unis.
Autarcie États-Unis Études de cas.
Écologie urbaine États-Unis.
Design urbain États-Unis Cas, Études de.
Développement communautaire urbain États-Unis.
Environnement Politique gouvernementale États-Unis.
Autarchy
Architecture and society
City planning
Community development, Urban
Environmental policy
Urban ecology (Biology)
United States

Form/genre:

Case studies

Added entries:

Van der Ryn, Sim.
Calthorpe, Peter.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 75746
Call No.: ID:92-B2725
Status: Available