Bibliography Items Related to Land Use and Community

Items of general interest

Books

• Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design With Nature by Douglas Farr (2007)

   
• Ecocities: Building Cities in Balance with Nature by Richard Register (2002)

   
• Solving Sprawl: Models of Smart Growth in Communities Across America by Kaid F. Benfield et al. (2001)

   
• Green Development: Integrating Ecology and Real Estate by Alex Wilson et al. (1997)

   

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Other items

Websites

• Brown University Campus Environmental Stewardship Program

   
• Global Eco-village Network

   
• Global Restoration Network

   
• Indigo Development

   
• International Institute for Sustainable Development

   
• Smart Growth Network: Development that Serves Economy, Community, and Environment

   
• Walkscore.com Front Seat Management, publisher

   
• World Wide Web Virtual Library

   

Videos

• Subdivide and Conquer: A Modern Western (1999)

   

Periodicals

• CoHousing: Contemporary Approaches to Housing Ourselves The Cohousing Association of the United States, publisher

   
• New Urban News: Covering design and development of human-scale neighborhoods New Urban News, publisher

   
• Urban Ecology: Design, Policy, and Action for Our Changing Cities Urban Ecology, publisher

   

Books

• Agriculture in Urban Planning: Generating Livelihoods and Food Security Mark Redwood, editor (2009)

   
• Green Urbanism Down Under: Learning from Sustainable Communities in Australia by Timothy Beatley et al. (2009)

   
• Living Green: Communites That Sustain by Jennifer Fosket et al. (2009)

   
• Urban Design and People by Michael Dobbins (2009)

   
• Urban Design for an Urban Century: Placemaking for People by Lance Jay Brown, FAIA et al. (2009)

   
• A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners, Developers, and Architects by Daniel Slone et al. (2008)

   
• Fundamentals of Land Development: A Real-World Guide to Profitable Large-Scale Development by David E. Johnson, P.E., P.P. (2008)

   
• Sprawling Places by David Kolb (2008)

   
• The Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New American Dream by Christopher B. Leinberger (2008)

   
• Land and Natural Development (LAND) Code: Guidelines for Sustainable Land Development by Diana Balmori et al. (2007)

   
• Visualizing Density by Julie Campoli et al. (2007)

   
• Green Infrastructure: Linking Landscapes and Communities by Mark A. Benedict et al. (2006)

   
• MetroGreen: Connecting Open Space in North American Cities by Donna Erickson (2006)

   
• The Humane Metropolis: People and Nature in the 21st-Century City Rutherford H. Platt, editor (2006)

   
• Future Forms and Design for Sustainable Cities Mike Jenks et al., editor (2005)

   
• High Performance Infrastructure Guidelines: Best Practices for the Public Right-of-Way by Hillary Brown et al. (2005)

   
• Sprawl Costs: Economic Impacts of Unchecked Development by Robert W. Burchell et al. (2005)

   
• Toward Sustainable Communities: Resources for Citizens and Their Governments, 3rd Edition by Mark Roseland (2005)

   
• A Field Guide to Sprawl by Delores Hayden (2004)

   
• Above and Beyond: Visualizing Change in Small Towns and Rural Areas by Julie Campoli et al. (2004)

   
• The Cohousing Handbook: Building a Place for Community by Chris ScottHanson et al. (2004)

   
• Global City Blues by Daniel Solomon (2003)

   
• Health and Community Design: The Impact of the Built Environment on Physical Activity by Lawrence O. Frank et al. (2003)

   
• Village Homes: A Community by Design by Mark Francis (2003)

   
• Place Making: Developing Town Centers, Main Streets, and Urban Villages by Charles C. Bohl (2002)

   
• The Limitless City: A Primer on the Urban Sprawl Debate by Oliver Gillham (2002)

   
• SafeScape: Creating Safer, More Livable Communities Through Planning and Design by Al Zelinka et al. (2001)

   
• Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream by Andres Duany et al. (2001)

   
• Carfree Cities by J. H. Crawford (2000)

   
• Density by Design: New Directions in Residential Development, 2nd Edition by Steven Fader (2000)

   
• Designing Sustainable Communities: Learning From Village Homes by Judy Corbett et al. (2000)

   
• Green Urbanism: Learning from European Cities by Timothy Beatley (2000)

   
• The Practice of Sustainable Development by Douglas R. Porter (2000)

   
• Charter of the New Urbanism by Michael Leccese et al. (1999)

   
• Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World by Alan Weisman (1999)

   
• Growing Greener: Putting Conservation into Local Plans and Ordinances by Randall Arendt (1999)

   
• Pedestrian- and Transit-Friendly Design: A Primer for Smart Growth by Reid Ewing (1999)

   
• Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence by Peter Newman et al. (1999)

   
• Sustaining Cities: Environmental Planning and Management in Urban Design by Josef Leitmann (1999)

   
• Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back by Jane Holtz Kay (1998)

   
• Home from Nowhere: Remaking our Everyday World for the 21st Century by James Howard Kunstler (1998)

   
• Ecological Design and Planning George F. Thompson et al., editor (1997)

   
• Placing Nature: Culture and Landscape Ecology Joan Iverson Nassauer, editor (1997)

   
• The Ecology of Place: Planning for Environment, Economy, and Community by Timothy Beatley et al. (1997)

   
• Best Development Practices: Doing the Right Thing and Making Money at the Same Time by Reid Ewing (1996)

   
• Conservation Design for Subdivisions: A Practical Guide to Creating Open Space Networks by Randall G. Arendt (1996)

   
• Land Use in America by Henry L. Diamond et al. (1996)

   
• Landscape Ecology Principles in Landscape Architecture and Land-Use Planning by Wenche E. Dramstad et al. (1996)

   
• Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves, 2nd Edition by Kathryn McCamant et al. (1994)

   
• The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community by Peter Katz (1994)

   
• Greenways: A Guide to Planning, Design, and Development by Loring Schwarz, Editor et al. (1993)

   
• Reclaiming Our Cities & Towns: Better Living with Less Traffic by David Engwicht (1993)

   

Articles and Reports

• Sustainable New York City by David Hsu (2006)

   
• High Performance Campus Design Handbook: Volume II: Sustainable Design Guidelines by Regina M. Bleck et al. (2005)

   
• Traffic Calming: State of the Practice by Reid Ewing (1999)

   

Other

• Streets and Sidewalks, People and Cars: The Citizen's Guide to Traffic Calming (2000)

   

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