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Ecocities: Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature »
Authors: Richard Register
ISBN-13: 9780865715523, ISBN-10: 0865715521
Format: Paperback
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Date Published: April 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Richard Register
Richard Register is one of the world's great theorists and authors in ecological city design and planning. The founder of Urban Ecology and Ecocity Builders, he convened the first International Ecocity Conference in 1990, lectures around the world, and has authored two previous books as well as an earlier edition of Ecocities (Berkeley Hills Press, 2002).
Book Synopsis
An updated edition of the landmark classic by the leader of the ecocity movement
Table of Contents
| Ch. 1 | As we build, so shall we live | 5 |
| Ch. 2 | The city in evolution | 25 |
| Ch. 3 | The city in nature | 47 |
| Ch. 4 | The city in history | 75 |
| Ch. 5 | The city today | 105 |
| Ch. 6 | Access and transportation | 137 |
| Ch. 7 | What to build | 181 |
| Ch. 8 | Plunge on in! | 211 |
| Ch. 9 | Personal odyssey | 229 |
| Ch. 10 | Tools to fit the task | 247 |
| Ch. 11 | What the fast-breaking news may mean | 279 |
| Ch. 12 | Toward strategies for success | 311 |
| Afterword : rebuilding New Orleans | 341 |
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