Sustainable Communities
by Clark, Woodrow W., IIFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2009-11-30
Publisher(s): Springer Verlag
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Summary
Written as a professional guidebook and a case textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in a variety of disciplines, Sustainable Communities contains detailed case studies of environmental projects in the U.S.A., Europe, and Asia that created sustainable villages, cities, regions, business centers, colleges and schools. In most cases, these "communities" are either off the central power grid or will be by 2010, and are examples of what can be done at the local level to create a sustainable planet.
Author Biography
Woodrow W. Clark II, MA3, Ph.D is a Qualitative Economist and co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the UN Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change. He is the founder of Clark Strategic Partners, a consulting firm in Los Aneles that focuses on renewable energy and technologies along with a team of experts in public policy, accounting, economics, law, and construction. Dr. Clark was also a Visiting Professor of Sustainable Development at the University of California, Los Angeles and Riverside. His Agile Energy Systems (Elsevier Press, 2004) has become a classic analysis on how to solve climate change while his most recent book, Qualitative Economics (Coxmoor Press, 2008), identifies a new economic paradigm deeply rooted in the philosophy of science and how economics can become a science.
Table of Contents
| Introduction and Overview | p. 1 |
| The Role of Business Leaders in Community Sustainability Coalitions: A Historical Perspective | p. 13 |
| Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) | p. 29 |
| Sustainable Cities as Communities and Villages | p. 45 |
| Greening Existing Communities | p. 57 |
| Santa Monica Sustainable City Plan: Sustainability in Action | p. 77 |
| Renewable Energy Practices in the City and County of San Francisco | p. 95 |
| Building Sustainability: The Role of K-12 Education | p. 109 |
| Google's Clean Energy 2030 Plan: Why It Matters | p. 125 |
| Sustainable Communities in the UK | p. 135 |
| Sustainable Towns: The Case of Frederikshavn-100% Renewable Energy | p. 155 |
| Sustainable Communities: The Piedmont Region, Settimo Torinese, Italy | p. 169 |
| Sustainable Development in Lithuania | p. 193 |
| Rizhao: China's Green Beacon for Sustainable Chinese Cities | p. 215 |
| Ecological Construction and Sustainable Development in China: The Case of Jiaxing Municipality | p. 223 |
| Japanese Experience with Efforts at the Community Level Toward a Sustainable Economy: Accelerating Collaboration Between Local and Central Governments | p. 243 |
| Conclusion and Summary: The Next Steps | p. 263 |
| Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) | p. 273 |
| Aragon and Navarra, Spain | p. 281 |
| City Design and Planning: A Global Overview and Perspective | p. 285 |
| Index | p. 297 |
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