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Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response : How Private Action Can Reduce Public Vulnerability
Philip E. Auerswald
Paperback - $68.95
In the wake of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, executives and policymakers are motivated than ever to reduce the vulnerability of social and economic systems to disasters. Most prior work on “ critical infrastructure protection” has focused on ...
Africa Unchained : The Blueprint for Africa's Future
George B. N. Ayittey
Paperback - $55.95
Why haven't the poorest Africans been able to prosper in the twenty-first century? Celebrated economist George Ayittey thinks the answer is obvious: economic freedom was denied to them, first by foreign colonial powers and now by indigenous leaders w ...
Green Urbanism, P
Timothy Beatley
Paperback - $96.95
In Green Urbanism, Timothy Beatley explains what planners and local officials in the United States can learn from the sustainable cities movement in Europe. The book draws from the extensive European experience, examining the progress and policies of ...
Native to Nowhere : Sustaining Home and Community in a Global Age
Timothy Beatley
Paperback - $86.95
Meaningful places offer a vital counterbalance to the forces of globalization and sameness that are overtaking our world, and are an essential element in the search for solutions to current sustainability challenges. In Native to Nowhere, author Tim ...
The Regional City
Peter Calthorpe
Hardcover - $138.95
Most Americans today do not live in discrete cities and towns, but rather in an aggregation of cities and suburbs that forms one basic economic, multi-cultural, environmental and civic entity. These " regional cities" have the potential to ...
The Regional City
Peter Calthorpe
Paperback - $107.95
Two of the most innovative thinkers in the field of land use planning and design offer a detailed look at this new metropolitan form, and explain how regional-scale planning and design can help direct growth wisely and reverse current trends in land ...
Smart Land-Use Analysis : The LUCIS Model with DVD
Margaret Carr
Paperback - $77.95
An indespensable guide for land-use planners, analysts, and students, this new book provides the information needed to understand and implement the innovative analysis model developed by the authors: the land-use conflict identification strategy (LUC ...
Whose Reality Counts? : Putting the First Last
Robert Chambers
Paperback - $51.95
In this sequel to "Rural Development: Putting the last first" Robert Chambers argues that central issues in development have been overlooked, and that many past errors have flowed from domination by those with power.
Politics and the Environment
James Connelly
Paperback - $96.95
This work was first published in 1999 to become the most comprehensive book on the subject. With its theory to practice orientation it has fast become an indispensable resource for students. This new edition has been expanded to include: updated and ...