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

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Tomalty, Ray (Συγγραφέας), Mallach, Alan (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2015.
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Why this Matters: The World is Changing
• 2. Canada and the United States: Similar Yet Different
• 3. Livability and Sustainability in North American Cities: A Tale of Two Countries
• 4. Organizing Government: Powers, Boundaries, and Governance Systems
• 5. Controlling the Use of Land: Planning Policies and Practices
• 6. Increasing Connectivity: Transportation Policies and Practices
• 7. Maintaining Vibrant, Diverse Central Cities: Social Policies and Practices
• 8. Getting the Price Signals Right: Housing Subsidies, Energy Taxes, and Infrastructure Funding.