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Planning Movements, Green Communities

A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development  

Practical solutions for legal issues in planning, zoning, developing, and operating green communities.

List Price: $80.00

Conservation Design for Subdivisions  

Randall Arendt's practical handbook for residential developers, site designers, local officials, and landowners explains how to design and build full-density developments that protect the environment and incorporate open space.

List Price: $55.00

Member Price: $48.00

Designing Greenways  

Protect landscapes and wildlife while offering ways for residents to connect with nature by incorporating greenways into your community.

List Price: $29.95

Member Price: $26.95

Ecological Riverfront Design (PAS 518/519)  

Planning and design guidelines for turning urban riverfronts into valuable economic and community assets

List Price: $15.00

Edens Lost & Found  

A chronicle of how citizens in Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Seattle are restoring their communities by creating sustainable urban ecosystems.

List Price: $40.00

Member Price: $32.00

Green Community  

Based on the National Building Museum's Green Community exhibition, this book is a collection of thought-provoking essays that illuminate the connections among personal health, community health, and our planet's health.

List Price: $31.97

Green Metropolis  

The environmental lessons that New York and other dense cities offer are not necessarily easy to apply--and, even to city dwellers, they can often be difficult to discern--but the most important of them can be summarized simply: Live smaller:

List Price: $25.95

Green Streets  

This handbook communicates basic stormwater management concepts, case study examples of how this approach has been successful elsewhere and pratical design solutions for implementing green streets.

List Price: $18.95

Growing Greener  

Arendt offers detailed explanations of resource-conserving development techniques that make both environmental and economic sense.

List Price: $49.95

Member Price: $38.95

Growing Greener Cities  

Examples of cities' successful efforts to repair broken economies and broken ecosystems highlight this collection of essays on sustainable urban development.

List Price: $34.95

Member Price: $29.95

Lasting Value  

Are Americans committing "country-cide"? Learn how some communities are preserving their green legacy.

List Price: $36.95

Member Price: $24.95

Nature-Friendly Ordinances  

A guide to the ecological principles that should inform land-use decisions and a blueprint for drafting regulations that defend biodiversity

List Price: $39.95

Member Price: $34.95

Neighbors & Neighborhoods  

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

List Price: $27.95

Member Price: $18.95

Old Cities/Green Cities (PAS 506/507)  

Every American city faces the challenge of vacant land scattered among houses in residential areas. This report provides a look at strategies and programs that provide green areas among urban renewal and sprawl.

List Price: $15.00

Parks, Recreation, and Open Space (PAS 497/498)  

A distinguished planner's reflection on how to make parks an essential cornerstone of great communities in the 21st century.

List Price: $15.00

Planning the Urban Forest (PAS 555)  

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

List Price: $60.00

Recycling the City  

Transform vacant land into urban farms, green developments, or cultural landmarks.

List Price: $25.00

Skinny Streets & Green Neighborhoods  

A blueprint for neighborhoods in which wooded areas, wetlands, and other open spaces thrive alongside paths and pedestrian-friendly streets that connect to a transportation network that provides services close to home.

List Price: $35.00

Member Price: $32.00

Urban Planning Conservation and Preservation  

A comprehensive manual for the planning and architectural professional, this book covers rehabilitation and preservation of neighborhoods and cities.

List Price: $59.95

Member Price: $56.95