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Resilient Cities
By Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley, Heather BoyerHalf of the world’s inhabitants now live in cities. In the next twenty years, the number of urban dwellers will swell to an estimated five billion people. With their inefficient transportation(...)
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The Designer's Atlas for Sustainability
By Ann ThorpeDesigning for sustainability is an innovation shaping both the design industry and design education today. Yet architects, product designers, and other key professionals in this new field have so(...)
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Building an Emerald City
By Lucia AthensIn 2000, in the midst of a municipal building boom, Seattle set new targets for building and remodeling to LEED guidelines, adopting the US Green Building Council’s LEED Silver standards for its(...)
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Sustainable Landscape Construction
By J. William Thompson, Kim SorvigSustainable Landscape Construction is a crucial complement to basic landscape construction texts, and is a one-of-a-kind reference for professionals, students, and concerned citizens.(...)
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Energy for Sustainability
By John Randolph and Gilbert MastersWritten by two of the foremost experts in the field, it is a pedagogically complete treatment of energy sources and uses. It examines the full range of issues—from generating technologies to land(...)
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