Sustainable Communities - 9781853835124

Taylor & Francis

Sustainable CommunitiesThe Potential for Eco-Neighbourhoods\nAuthor(s): Hugh Barton\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Earthscan Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781853835124, 978-1853835124\nSynopsis\n'This book re-addresses the concepts of neighbourhood and community in a refreshing and challenging way. It will be of immense benefit, not only to town planners but also to al those professional and voluntary groups and politicians who seek to create the new communities of tomorrow' \nFrom the Foreword by Jed Griffiths, Past President of the Royal Town Planning Institute.\n\n There is widespread support for the principle of creating more sustainable communities, but much hazy, wishful-thinking about what this might mean in practice. In reality, we witness more the death of local neighbourhoods than their creation or rejuvenation, reflecting an increasingly mobile, privatized and commodified society. \nSustainable Communities examines the practicalities of r.