| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 235 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Foreword / Robert L. Thayer -- From Piecemeal Planning to Sustainable Development -- An Introduction to Village Homes -- The Basis for Sustainable Development -- Water, Food, Shelter: The Basics -- Society's Lifeblood: Energy -- The Use of Resources in Sustainable Design -- Location, Size, and Density -- Designing with Nature for People: A Sustainable Approach to Urban Design -- The Process of Creating Sustainable Communities -- The Garden City: Case Studies of Sustainable Development in Practice -- Haymount, Virginia -- Civano, Arizona -- Coffee Creek Center, Indiana -- Davisville, California -- Prairie Crossing, Illinois |
| Summary |
"In Designing Sustainable Communities, Judy and Micheal Corbett offer an inside look at the development of the project from start to finish, describing how it came about, design approaches they took, and changes that have occurred over the years. The book represents an invaluable guide for professionals and students involved in planning, architecture, development, and landscape architecture."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-222) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Planned communities.
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Real estate development -- Environmental aspects
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Land use -- Planning.
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Sustainable development.
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sustainable development.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development.
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Land use -- Planning
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Planned communities
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Real estate development -- Environmental aspects
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Sustainable development
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Corbett, Michael N
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| ISBN |
9781610912617 |
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1610912616 |
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