The term "sustainability" is so overused it means everything and nothing. This helpful report strips away the rhetoric to show how local communities can benchmark sustainability and make it a measurable goal.

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A step-by-step guide to charrettes written by the experts at the National Charrette Institute

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APA's popular primer for citizens is a 21st-century guide for anyone who wants to make his or her community a better place.

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Drawing on lessons learned from more than 30 communities around the country, this report provides insight into successful policy and implementation practices that have resulted in complete streets.

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Practical tips for preserving a sense of place, improving fiscal efficiency, and enhancing quality of life in smaller and midsized downtowns.

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This updated edition shows how today's technologies are making public planning more efficient, cost-effective, and engaging.

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A hands-on and thorough approach, this handbook tells how to assess local environment conditions and create an action plan. Among the environmental issues included are planning for public health, natural areas, and hazard and disaster mitigation.

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Randall Arendt's work has shaped a generation of planners, designers, and landscape architects. In Envisioning Better Communities, he brings his insights to a broader public, with a profusely illustrated demonstration of how local officials, planning commissioners, and everyday citizens can work to make their communities more attractive, more habitable, and more sustainable.

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Fiscal impact analysis is a critical tool for communities of all sizes. A well-prepared FIA can help a community understand the pros and cons of a proposed development and enable well-informed decision making.

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A unique approach to understanding urban design through scientific, empirical research.

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Hazard Mitigation: Integrating Best Practices into Planning, prepared by APA and supported by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), seeks to close the gap that often exists between hazard mitigation planning and other local planning and regulatory land-use processes.

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One of APA's most popular titles is now updated and in paperback. This landmark treatise argues that cities are getting parking wrong — and paying for their mistakes with sprawl, pollution, and higher prices. Shoup shows how better parking policies could make better cities.

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What characterizes an effective planning commissioner? Find out in this essential reference for both new and experienced planning officials.

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America is the land of wide open spaces. Or is it? Explore how the rise of megapolitan areas is changing the way we live.

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How does design turn neighborhoods into communities? Find out what makes neighborhoods tick and how we can create the communities we want.

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The premise of this PAS Report is that airport planners and community planners must work together as partners during the development of planning processes.

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Here is an authoritative and accessible guide to a tool to let planners and citizens "see" the future impacts of a plan or development.

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Planners have an important role to play in helping communities meet energy needs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and adapt to a changing climate. While most planners recognize the significance of these issues, they are still working to translate these imperatives into on-the-ground plans, actions, and regulations.

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Communities across the country want to put the wind to work. This practical primer shows how to make wind energy a powerful part of land-use planning.

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This report explains how communities can develop urban forestry programs to capture the social and environmental benefits of trees.

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