People Habitat (ePub)
25 Ways to Think About Greener, Healthier Cities
(Sprache: Englisch)
With over 80 percent of Americans now living in cities and suburbs, getting our communities right has never been more important, more complicated, or more fascinating. Longtime sustainability leader Kaid Benfield shares 25 enlightening and entertaining...
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With over 80 percent of Americans now living in cities and suburbs, getting our communities right has never been more important, more complicated, or more fascinating. Longtime sustainability leader Kaid Benfield shares 25 enlightening and entertaining essays about the wondrous ecology of human settlement, and how to make it better for both people and the planet.People Habitat explores topics as diverse as "e;green"e; housing developments that are no such thing, the tricky matter of gentrifying inner cities, why people don't walk much anymore, and the relationship between cities and religion. Written with intellect, insight, and from-the-heart candor, each real-world story in People Habitat will make you see our communities in a new light.
Autoren-Porträt von F. Kaid Benfield
F. Kaid Benfield is Senior Counsel for Environmental Strategies at PlaceMakers LLC. He is also a senior adviser to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and an adjunct professor at the George Washington University School of Law. Kaid is a co-founder, LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system; co-founder, Smart Growth America coalition; author of several books on smart growth and sprawl; and a regular contributor to several publications including The Huffington Post, the Sustainable Cities Collective, and Better! Cities & Towns. Based in Washington, DC, Kaid was selected as one of the world's "top urban thinkers" on the city planning website Planetizen and one of "the most influential people in sustainable planning and development" by the Partnership for Sustainable Communities.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: F. Kaid Benfield
- 2013, Englisch
- Verlag: Island Press
- ISBN-10: 0989751112
- ISBN-13: 9780989751117
- Erscheinungsdatum: 10.12.2013
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