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

By: Publication details: Washington, DC : Island Press, c2004.Description: xiv, 392 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1559639148 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1559634537 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307 22
LOC classification:
  • HM761 .B43 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
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.

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.

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