TY - BOOK ID - 5486532 TI - Green urbanism : learning from european cities PY - 2000 SN - 1559636823 9781559636827 1417543809 9781417543809 9781610910132 1610910133 159726881X PB - Washington, DC : Island Press, DB - UniCat KW - Urban ecology (Sociology) KW - City planning KW - Sustainable development. KW - Cities and towns KW - Ecologie urbaine KW - Urbanisme KW - Développement durable KW - Villes KW - Environmental aspects. KW - Aspect de l'environnement KW - Urban ecology KW - -Sustainable development KW - -#SBIB:316.334.5U20 KW - #SBIB:35H434 KW - #SBIB:35H1350 KW - #SBIB:012.IO KW - 711.4 KW - Global cities KW - Municipalities KW - Towns KW - Urban areas KW - Urban systems KW - Human settlements KW - Sociology, Urban KW - Development, Sustainable KW - Ecologically sustainable development KW - Economic development, Sustainable KW - Economic sustainability KW - ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) KW - Smart growth KW - Sustainable development KW - Sustainable economic development KW - Economic development KW - Civic planning KW - Land use, Urban KW - Model cities KW - Redevelopment, Urban KW - Slum clearance KW - Town planning KW - Urban design KW - Urban development KW - Urban planning KW - Land use KW - Planning KW - Art, Municipal KW - Civic improvement KW - Regional planning KW - Urban policy KW - Urban renewal KW - Urban environment KW - Social ecology KW - Environmental aspects KW - Sociologie van stad (buurt, wijk, community, stadsvernieuwing) KW - Beleidssectoren: milieubeleid en ruimtelijke ordening KW - Organisatie en beleid: lokale besturen: algemeen KW - Gemeentelijke planologie. Stadsplanning. Stedenbouw KW - Government policy KW - Management KW - 711.4 Gemeentelijke planologie. Stadsplanning. Stedenbouw KW - Développement durable KW - #SBIB:316.334.5U20 KW - AMENAGEMENT URBAIN KW - ENVIRONNEMENT KW - ETATS-UNIS KW - EUROPE - VILLES KW - VILLES UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5486532 AB - As the need to confront unplanned growth increases, planners, policymakers, and citizens are scrambling for practical tools and examples of successful and workable approaches. Growth management initiatives are underway in the U.S. at all levels, but many American' success stories' provide only one piece of the puzzle. To find examples of a holistic approach to dealing with sprawl, one must turn to models outside of the United States. In Green Urbanism, Timothy Beatley explains what planners and local officials in the United States can learn from the sustainable city movement in Europe. The book draws from the extensive European experience, examining the progress and policies of twenty-five of the most innovative cities in eleven European countries, which Beatley researched and observed in depth during a year-long stay in the Netherlands. Chapters examine: the sustainable cities movement in Europe examples and ideas of different housing and living options transit systems and policies for promoting transit use, increasing bicycle use, and minimizing the role of the automobile creative ways of incorporating greenness into cities ways of readjusting 'urban metabolism' so that waste flows become circular programs to promote more sustainable forms of economic development sustainable building and sustainable design measures and features renewable energy initiatives and local efforts to promote solar energy ways of greening the many decisions of local government including ecological budgeting, green accounting, and other city management tools. Throughout, Beatley focuses on the key lessons from these cities - including Vienna, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Zurich, Amsterdam, London, and Berlin - and what their experience can teach us about effectively and creatively promoting sustainable development in the United States. Green Urbanism is the first full-length book to describe urban sustainability in European cities, and provides concrete examples and detailed discussions of innovative and practical sustainable planning ideas. It will be a useful reference and source of ideas for urban and regional planners, state and local officials, policymakers, students of planning and geography, and anyone concerned with how cities can become more livable. ER -