Sustainable Urbanism…Social
CharacterTowns.org is devoted to the ideas and ideals of sustainable urbanism and especially the social sphere of the system. Robert […]
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Neighborhood Planning
The core asset of every small city and town is its neighborhoods. As the city pursues its vision of being
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Complete Neighborhoods
“COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOODS” builds on this idea to make the point that neighborhoods are more than a collection of houses. A
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Sustainable Residential Development: Planning and Design for Green Neighborhoods / Edition 1 by Avi Friedman
Written by internationally renowned architect Avi Friedman, Sustainable Residential Development equips you with a much-needed process and examples for planning
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America Household Demographics and the Housing Market
The composition of the American household, from a macro perspective, drives or should drive the housing market. The composition is
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The Florida 2030 Blueprint
Florida is now the third most populous state and by 2030, 26 million Floridians will call Florida home and 1.5
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Urban Land Use Planning by Edward J. Kaiser, David J. Godschalk and F. Stuart Chapin Jr
Urban Land Use Planning, the book, has evolved and grown as a body of thought for over a half century.
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PRE-PONCE FLORIDA, Big Ice, Crashing Plates and Dangerous Crossings.
CONTEXT FOR CURRENT CONDITIONS. The Earth has been around for a while. The current catastrophes of climate change, environmental degradation
BOOKS
Some Kind of Paradise, A Chronicle of Man and the Land in Florida by Mark Derr
Overview. Mark Derr’s book offers a great perspective on the history of Florida from its geophysical origins to the landing
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The Swamp, The Everglades, Florida and the Politics of Paradise by Michael Grunwald
Chapter One, Grassy Water “The First 300 Million Years (Abridged)”, p14. “The Everglades showed up…around the time the Egyptians started