From Sprawl to Sustainability: Smart Growth, New Urbanism, Green Development, and Renewable Energy, Second Edition |
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This Second Edition is a comprehensive and integrated analysis of sustainability in its four major parts: smart growth (growth management); new urbanism; green development and renewable energy. It contains extensive material on:- Global warming
- Sprawl
- The effects of the foreclosure crisis and the recession
- Demographics
- Smart growth systems
- New urbanism
- LEED and green development
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- Solar, wind and biofuel renewable energy
- Costs and fiscal analysis
- Federal,state and local legislation, regulation and initiatives
- Tax credits, tax deductions, bonuses and incentives
- Ranges from federal, state, regional and local systems and geographically from inner cities to rural, open space and agricultural areas.
Both historical and current, the book incorporates enormous amounts of material from law, economics, engineering, finance, architecture, hydrology, planning, administration, geology, ecology, environmental science, real estate land development, with extensive sections dealing with California.It has 1,500+ footnotes, an extensive index, bibliography and source material that has not appeared in any other book on the subject.
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"If you are a planner or land use lawyer and don't read this book, you will be left out of many good discussions because it will be the talk of the town. Dr. Freilich, with two able co-authors, cracks the code for the planning-regulation-sustainability puzzle and opens a treasure chest of theoretical and practical growth management guidance." - Dwight H. Merriam, FAICP, CRE, Partner, Robinson & Cole LLP
"Magnificent. This book is a must-read for land use lawyers, public officials, and planners who desire to crate more sustainable communities. As the authors point out, many of the tools and techniques have been around for a long time. But now this book offers a "how-to" approach, using illustrative examples and incorporating state-of-the-art concepts in an easy-to-read style." - Patricia E. Salkin, Raymond & Ella Smith Distinguished Professor of Law, Associate Dean and Director, Government Law Center of Albany Law School
"The authors of this book have pulled together a refreshingly new and compelling argument for planning and building a sustainable urban future in the era of climate change, a challenging economy, and a degraded natural environment. This is a call to action--for planners and policy makers, elected officials, architects and builders, lawyers, and informed citizens." - Lora A. Lucero, Editor, Planning & Environmental Law Journal
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