Smart Growth: From Sprawl to Sustainability - Couverture souple

Reeds, Jon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 190032282X ISBN 13 : 9781900322829

Editeur : Green Books, 2011

Synopsis

People who live in compact, traditional towns have far smaller environmental footprints than those who live in sprawling suburbs. So why are we in thrall to urban sprawl? Are there better ways of getting about than by car? And how can 60 million people crammed into a small island find ways of treating it with respect?

Urban sprawl is unsustainable in an age of climate change and peak oil. But for 100 years the UK’s planning policies have been based on ideals of low-density living and attitudes that favour the individual over community, creating car-dependent lifestyles and destroying the countryside we love. This book explains what we must do to improve the quality of life in our overcrowded land.

Smart Growth argues that we should look to America – a country that embraced urban sprawl and car dependency on a far grander scale than we ever did, and is now finding answers to the problem. Its ‘Smart Growth’ movement is steering a course towards better-designed, compact cities and rail-based transit systems, thereby restoring communities ruined by decades of suburban insularity.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Jon Reeds is an environmental journalist who has worked alongside planners and transport planners for nearly 40 years and has observed their responses to the demands of modern environmentalism. In 2006 he helped found Smart Growth UK, a national coalition engaged in bringing a strong sustainable development ethos into the way we plan spatial development, transport and communities. He lives in London with his family.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Green Books
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 190032282X
• ISBN 13: 9781900322829
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 296
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• Personne responsable: non disponible