{"product_id":"sustainable-urbanism-isbn-9780471777519","title":"Sustainable Urbanism","description":"Written by the chair of the LEED-Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) initiative, \u003ci\u003eSustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature\u003c\/i\u003e is both an urgent call to action and a comprehensive introduction to \"sustainable urbanism\"--the emerging and growing design reform movement that combines the creation and enhancement of walkable and diverse places with the need to build high-performance infrastructure and buildings.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Providing a historic perspective on the standards and regulations that got us to where we are today in terms of urban lifestyle and attempts at reform, Douglas Farr makes a powerful case for sustainable urbanism, showing where we went wrong, and where we need to go. He then explains how to implement sustainable urbanism through leadership and communication in cities, communities, and neighborhoods. Essays written by Farr and others delve into such issues as:  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncreasing sustainability through density.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntegrating transportation and land use.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCreating sustainable neighborhoods, including housing, car-free areas, locally-owned stores, walkable neighborhoods, and universal accessibility.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe health and environmental benefits of linking humans to nature, including walk-to open spaces, neighborhood stormwater systems and waste treatment, and food production.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHigh performance buildings and district energy systems.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnriching the argument are in-depth case studies in sustainable urbanism, from BedZED in London, England and Newington in Sydney, Australia, to New Railroad Square in Santa Rosa, California and Dongtan, Shanghai, China. An epilogue looks to the future of sustainable urbanism over the next 200 years.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e At once solidly researched and passionately argued, \u003ci\u003eSustainable Urbanism\u003c\/i\u003e is the ideal guidebook for urban designers, planners, and architects who are eager to make a positive impact on our--and our descendants'--buildings, cities, and lives.\u003c\/p\u003e  Foreword (\u003ci\u003eAndrés Duany\u003c\/i\u003e).  \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to use this book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One The Case for Sustainable Urbanism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1: The Built Environment: Where We Are Today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe American Lifestyle on the Wrong Course.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePioneering Reforms: Setting the Stage for Sustainable Urbanism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Sustainable Urbanism: Where We Need to Go.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSustainable Urbanism: The Grand Unification.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Three Steps of Sustainable Urbanism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two Implementing Sustainable Urbanism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: Leadership and Communications.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeadership Talking Points for Sustainable Urbanism (\u003ci\u003eJim Hackler and Irina Woelfle\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Power of Paired Choices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImplementation Agendas for Leaders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: The Process and Tools for Implementing Sustainable Urbanism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRFQ for Sustainable Urbanist Professionals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBenchmarking Municipal Sustainability: The Santa Monica Sustainable City Plan (\u003ci\u003eCity of Santa Monica\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocumenting Community Preference in Form and Sustainability: Image Preference Survey (IPS) (\u003ci\u003eChristina Anderson\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConducting a Charrette (\u003ci\u003eBill Lennertz\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShaping Sustainable Neighborhoods with the Toledo Smart Neighborhood Analysis Protocol (SNAP) (\u003ci\u003eCarolee Kokola\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Sustainable Urbanist Neighborhood Plan: Toledo SNAP (\u003ci\u003eCarolee Kokola\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegulating Plan and Form-Based Code (\u003ci\u003eChristina Anderson\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncorporating Sustainability through Codes, Covenants, and Restrictions (CC\u0026amp;Rs) (\u003ci\u003eDan Slone\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRFP for a Sustainable Urbanist Developer (\u003ci\u003eCity of Victoria, British Columbia\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three Emerging Thresholds of Sustainable Urbanism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5: Increasing Sustainability Through Density.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExplaining Density.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIllustrating Density.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Transect of the Everyday.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWater and the Density Debate (\u003ci\u003eLynn Richards\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransit Supportive Densities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6: Sustainable Corridors.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sustainable Corridor (\u003ci\u003eDoug Farr, Leslie Oberholtzer, and Christian Schaller\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Integration of Transportation, Land Use, and Technology (\u003ci\u003eShelley Poticha\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiodiversity Corridors (\u003ci\u003eRebecca L. Kihslinger, Jessica Wilkinson, and James McElfish\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7: Sustainable Neighborhoods.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeighborhood Diagrams.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeighborhood Definition (\u003ci\u003eVictor Dover and Jason King\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeighborhood Completeness (\u003ci\u003eEliot Allen and Doug Farr\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeighborhood Housing (\u003ci\u003eLaurie Volk and Todd Zimmerman\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCar-Free Housing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeighborhood Retail (\u003ci\u003eRobert J. Gibbs\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic Benefits of Locally Owned Stores (\u003ci\u003eMatt Cunningham\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThird Places.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHealthy Neighborhoods (\u003ci\u003eMelanie Simmons, Kathy Baughman McLeod,and Jason Hight\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWalkable Streets and Networks (\u003ci\u003eDan Burden\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComplete Streets (\u003ci\u003eFred Dock\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUniversal Basic Home Access (\u003ci\u003eEleanor Smith\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManaging Travel Demand (\u003ci\u003eJeffery Tumlin\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCar Sharing (\u003ci\u003eJeffery Tumlin\u003c\/i\u003e0.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8: Biophilia.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpen Space (\u003ci\u003eCarolee Kokola\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublic Darkness (\u003ci\u003eNancy Clanton and Todd Givler\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStormwater Systems (\u003ci\u003eJim Patchett and Tom Price\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFood Production (\u003ci\u003eLynn Peemoeller and Jim Slama, with Cathy Morgan\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOutdoor Wastewater Treatment (\u003ci\u003eThomas E. Ennis\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndoor Wastewater Treatment (\u003ci\u003eJohn Todd Ecological Design\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9: High-Performance Buildings and Infrastructure.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Impact of Planning on Building Energy Usage (\u003ci\u003eAlan Chalifoux\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2030 Challenge (\u003ci\u003eEd Mazria\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHigh-Performance Infrastructure (\u003ci\u003eHillary Brown\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLarge District Energy Systems (\u003ci\u003eDoug Newman and Robert Thornton, John Kelly, and Adam Lund\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 2030 Community Challenge: Economic Growth with Sustainable Urbanism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four Case Studies in Sustainable Urbanism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10: Lessons Learned from Sustainable Urbanism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuilt Infill.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBedZED: London, England.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlenwood Park: Atlanta, Georgia, United States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHoliday Neighborhood: Boulder, Colorado, United States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristie Walk: Adelaide, Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNewington: Sydney, Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHigh Point: Seattle, Washington, United States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuilt Greenfield.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUpton: Northampton, England.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKronsberg: Hannover, Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLoreto Bay: Baja California Sur, Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCivano: Tucson, Arizona, United States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoundbury: Dorchester, England.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11: State of the Art in Unbuilt Sustainable Urbanism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnbuilt Infill.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDockside Green: Victoria, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLloyd Crossing: Portland, Oregon, United States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eZ-Squared: London, England.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Railroad Square: Santa Rosa, California, United States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUptown Normal: Normal, Illinois, United States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnbuilt Greenfield.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDongtan: Shanghai, China.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGalisteo Basin Preserve: Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePulelehua: Maui, Hawaii, United States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoyote Valley: San Jose, California, United States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScales of Intervention.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"The book's appealing-sounding moniker knits together smart growth, new urbanism, and green building, three movements that address the sliding scales of regions, neighborhoods and buildings. Farr advocates for transit-served, walkable neighborhoods with high-tech buildings and infrastructure.\" (\u003ci\u003eA Daily Dose of Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e, July 2009)  \u003cp\u003e\"Providing a historical perspective on the standards and regulations that got us and keep us on the course toward sprawl and unsustainable development, along with earlier attempts at reform, the book makes a strong case for Sustainable Urbanism, showing how architects and urban designers need to shape the built environment for the benefit of both humans and nature.\" (\u003ci\u003eAPADE\u003c\/i\u003e, 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A masterpiece, it combines good writing with a thorough treatment of the subject.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Bernard Place Bee Line\u003c\/i\u003e, 4\/22\/08)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"It's not immediately obvious how Doug Farr's new book differs from the many other books in this field, aside from having a laudatory preface by Andres Duany. His careful division of the case studies into built greenfield, unbuilt greenfield, built infill, and unbuilt infill, should be a clue. It's also nice that he offiers a fairly specific definition of the s-word. Farr's book is distinguished by his systematic determination to reveal the trade secrets of sustainable design-those rules of thumb that bridge the gap between woolly generalities and highly specific case studies.\" (\u003ci\u003eBuildingCommunities.com\u003c\/i\u003e, February 1, 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A broadly-focused and solutions-based look at environmentally sustainable urban design. Case studies and essays written by Farr and others give a real-world context to the ideas and methods espoused in this ambitious argument on behalf of a new type urban design and development that is interrelated with nature.\" (\u003ci\u003ePlanetizen.com\u003c\/i\u003e; 1\/29\/08)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The author of \u003ci\u003eSustainable Urbanism\u003c\/i\u003e wants to break down barriers between nature-focused environmentalists and human-focused urbanists. The book asserts that we need a radical change in how we live, not just for the health of our planet, but for ourselves. The author's ambitious goal is to make sustainable urbanism the dominant pattern of human settlement by 2030. This book is a valuable resource for anyone that is in a position to advance a more organic way of life that is more in tune with the environment.\" (\u003ci\u003eVector 1 Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, January 6, 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Sustainable Urbanism is important because it addresses the sustainable development issue from all sides and provides solutions across the vast array of disciplines that create the built environment. The book…should be a resource not just for developers...but also for city councils, mayors, governors, engineers, and voters.\" (\u003ci\u003eUrban Land\u003c\/i\u003e, 1\/08)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Beyond just developing a concept, however, the book acts as a comprehensive how-to manual for anyone who helps shape the environment...after setting the stage with a compelling case for sustainable urbanism, Farr provides specific and detailed standards and steps to guide readers.\" (\u003ci\u003eEnvironmental News Network\u003c\/i\u003e, 12\/21\/07)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"There is something for everyone in Sustainable Urbanism, the new book that tackles exactly what the title implies. Backed by an impressive range of research, tables, charts, it is a comprehensive look at how to make our development pattern more sustainable.\" (\u003ci\u003eJoe Urban Blog\u003c\/i\u003e, 12\/07)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Chicago architect Douglas Farr is no Le Corbusier--Who is?--yet his thoughtful new book is propelled by the same sort of visionary energy and desire to integrate architecture, city planning and nature for a better way of life. Here's the twist: Whereas Le Corbusier celebrated the car, Farr fingers it as a prime factor in creating today's sprawling, auto-dependent suburbs and all the lifestyle woes, like rising levels of obesity, they've supposedly wrought. While that's a familiar rant from the New Urbanist architects who call for compact, walkable communities, Farr wisely goes beyond them, urging a grand integration of the New Urbanism and the fledgling green building movement.\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, December 2007)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"What makes his volume stand out is that it combines expertise in New Urbanism with a thorough understanding of environmental issues and techniques. The result is the most comprehensive, technically informed volume available on how to design and build places that are environmentally responsible and also gratifying to inhabit.\" (\u003ci\u003eNew Urban News, December 2007\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"makes excellent use of physical case studies, it is also concerned with the intangible forces that shape our cities…\" (\u003ci\u003eBuilding Design\u003c\/i\u003e, Friday 15th February 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eDouglas Farr,\u003c\/b\u003e an architect and urban designer, is the founding principal and president of Farr Associates. He has served as cochair of the Environmental Task Force of the Congress for the New Urbanism, chair of the AIA Chicago Committee on the Environment, and chair of the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) Core Committee.\u003cbr\u003e Farr Associates is a Chicago-based firm focused on sustainable design in architecture and urban design. Founded in 1990, Farr Associates was the first architecture firm in the world to have designed at least two buildings to be certified with a LEED Platinum rating: the Chicago Center for Green Technology and the Center for Neighborhood Technology, also in Chicago. The firm designed its own office in the historic Monadnock Building as a LEED for Commercial Interiors pilot project.  \u003cb\u003eA call to action and a comprehensive guide to sustainable urban design\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"This book celebrates the magical power of design and of an emerging pattern of human settlement—Sustainable Urbanism—that holds the promise of strengthening the interdependence of all life on earth. . . . This book is a strategic call for leadership in the design and development of the places where Americans live, work, and play.\"\u003cbr\u003e —From the Preface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten by the chair of the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) Core Committee, \u003ci\u003eSustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature\u003c\/i\u003e is both an urgent call to action and a comprehensive introduction to \"Sustainable Urbanism\"—the growing sustainable design convergence that integrates walkable and diverse places with high-performance infrastructure and buildings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProviding a historical perspective on the standards and regulations that got us and keep us on the course toward sprawl and unsustainable development, along with earlier attempts at reform, Douglas Farr makes a powerful case for Sustainable Urbanism, showing how architects and urban designers need to shape the built environment for the benefit of both humans and nature. He then explains how to implement Sustainable Urbanism in cities, towns, and neighbor-hoods through coordinated leadership and communication. Essays written by Farr and others delve into such issues as:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncreasing sustainability through density\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntegrating transportation and land use in an auto-dependent era\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreating sustainable neighborhoods with walk-to-work neighborhood centers of locally owned businesses, share cars on every block, and walkable neighborhoods\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe health and environmental benefits of linking humans to nature, including walk-to open spaces, neighborhood stormwater systems and waste treatment, and food production\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eHigh-performance buildings and neighborhood-scale infrastructure including district energy systems\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnriching the argument are in-depth case studies in Sustainable Urbanism, from BedZED in London, England, and Newington in Sydney, Australia, to New Railroad Square in Santa Rosa, California, and Dongtan, Shanghai, China. An epilogue looks to the future of Sustainable Urbanism over the next 200 years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt once solidly researched and passionately argued, Sustainable Urbanism is the ideal guidebook for urban designers, planners, and architects who are eager to make a positive impact on our—and our descendants'—buildings, cities, and lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990120055013,"sku":"NP9780471777519","price":92.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471777519.jpg?v=1761786589","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/sustainable-urbanism-isbn-9780471777519","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}