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Native to nowhere : sustaining home and community in a global age /

Beatley, Timothy, 1957-

Native to nowhere : sustaining home and community in a global age / Timothy Beatley. - Washington, DC : Island Press, c2004. - xiv, 392 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-375) and index.

Sustaining place in the global age -- Place basics : concepts, research, literature -- Place strengthening through history and heritage -- Tackling sprawl: community design, sustainability, and place -- Nature and place : the role of natural environments in strengthening commitment to place -- Pedestrian places -- Place building through art and celebration -- Learning by design : communities that teach -- Strengthening place through sharing institutions -- Multigenerational communities : places that sustain and cherish children, families and the elderly -- Energy and sustainable place making -- The new politics of place -- Renewing our place commitments.

1559639148 (cloth : alk. paper) 1559634537 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2004012080


Community life.
Neighborhoods.
Home.
Identity (Psychology)
Socialization.
Quality of life.

HM761 / .B43 2004

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