EcoDesign for Cities and Suburbs

by Larry Beasley and Jonathan Barnett

Book Overview

As world population grows, and more people move to cities and suburbs, they place greater stress on the operating system of our whole planet. But urbanization and increasing densities also present our best opportunity for improving sustainability, by transforming urban development into desirable, lower-carbon, compact and walkable communities and business centers.

Jonathan Barnett and Larry Beasley seek to demonstrate that a sustainable built...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610913426
• ISBN13: 9781610913423
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 9.9"