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Title: Green Urbanism: Learning from European Cities by Timothy Beatley ISBN: 1-55963-682-3 Publisher: Island Press Pub. Date: January, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Baised look at sustainable urbanism
Comment: As an environmental planning gradute student, I've read a lot of other books and articles by Tim Beatly, and I almost always enjoy what he has to say. His latest book was really a bit disappointing though. His basic premise in writng this book was to look at examples of sustainable urbanism from Europe (specifically Northern Europe-Denmark, Netherlands, Germany) and then see how those examples could possibly apply to American cities. From my experiences with American planning, very little in this book would be possible in America because our governance structures, local government financing, and politics are just too different. Plus his book gives the impression that Europe is somehow much more enlightened than America when it comes to planning for sustainability in urban areas, which, if you've been to anywhere in Europe outside of the countries he profiles, you'll know is not true. In all, I think he's really slanted his case studies in an effort to make a point that's become a personal cause of his without any attempt at objectivity or attention as to how realistic any of these recommendations would be in American society. The book he wrote with Christy Manning, "Ecology of Place" is a much better treatment of pretty much the same subject.
Rating: 5
Summary: Ample introduction on how to make cities "Green"
Comment: Beatley shows there is much to learn from the Europeans when it come to the ecological and environmental city planning. Although it would be hard to implement European planning practices on American soil, it brings a new, and beneficial perspective that many can use towards an incremental change.
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Title: The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs ISBN: 067974195X Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 01 December, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Ecology of Place: Planning for Environment, Economy, and Community by Timothy Beatley, Kristy Manning ISBN: 1559634782 Publisher: Island Press Pub. Date: December, 1997 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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Title: Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously: Economic Development, the Environment, and Quality of Life in American Cities (American and Comparative Environmental Policy) by Kent E. Portney ISBN: 0262661322 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 03 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Cities and Natural Process by Michael Hough ISBN: 0415121981 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: August, 1995 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Global City Blues by Daniel Solomon ISBN: 1559631848 Publisher: Island Press Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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