America’s Urban Future Lessons from North of the Border /

• Main Authors: Tomalty, Ray (Author), Mallach, Alan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2015.
• Subjects: Environment.; Landscape architecture.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Environment, general.; Urbanism.; Landscape Architecture.

In this book, urban experts Tomalty and Mallach show how Canada, a country similar to the US in many respects, has fostered healthier urban centers and more energy‑ and resource‑efficient suburban growth. They call for a rethinking of US public policies across those areas and look closely at what ma...