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Green Urbanism Down Under:
Learning from Sustainable Communities in Australia
by Timothy Beatley; Peter Newman
Beatley's first book, Green Urbanism, came out of a year of living and working in the Netherlands. This new books comes from six months of travel and research in Australia, a country that, Beatley argues, faces many of the same challenges as the U.S. Both countries have largely automobile-centered cultures and are largely dependent on foreign fossil fuels.
In Australia, however, regional-scale planning and green urbanism efforts have taken a much stronger hold than they have in this country. There are, in short, lessons to be learned from the Australian experience.
Beatley lays out those lessons in a series of chapters that focus on case studies and practical examples. He does not stop as neighborhood design, urban planning, or rural conservation: Beatley also explores how the structure of government has led to state-wide and regional planning initiatives. Without those initiatives, smaller projects would not be possible.
One aspect of the Australian example that is particularly notable is the dryness of the country. With regions of the U.S. experiencing more severe droughts in recent years, planners can likely gain much from Beatley's examination of water policy in Australia.
Retail price: $35.00
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PublisherIsland Press |
Available as:book (paperback)
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