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Sustainable communities design handbook [electronic resource] : green engineering, architecture, and technology / [edited by] Woodrow W. Clark, II.

The objective of this book is to ensure a better quality of life for everyone, both now and for generations to come. This means creating a better and safer environment internationally through the sustainable use of natural resources, encouraging sustainable development which supports a strong econom...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ScienceDirect)
Other Authors: Clark, Woodrow W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Burlington, MA : Butterworth-Heinemann, ©2010.
Subjects:
Environmental policy.
Sustainable development.
Green technology.
Sustainable architecture.
Sustainable engineering.
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: The Tools for Sustainable Development
  • Chapter 2: Global Warming and Climate Change: The Mechanisms for Community Cases Toward Solutions
  • Part One: Architectural Design and Building in Communities
  • Chapter 3: Public Policy: Leadership at the local, state, national and international levels
  • Chapter 4: Government: The Case of Sustainable College Communities
  • Chapter 5: Green Buildings: standards and codes that provide environmentally sound technologies and returns on investments
  • Part Two: Agile Sustainable Infrastructure Systems
  • Chapter 6: Smart Communities: the public and private sectors integration of infrastructures, technologies and buildings
  • Chapter 7: Technologies, Engineering and Science
  • Chapter 8: The Environment, Land Use, Natural Resources Today and the Future
  • Part Three: Economic, Legal and Accounting Mechanisms
  • Chapter 9: Economics and Accounting: Life Cycle Analysis, Externalities, Markets and ROI (return on investment)
  • Chapter 10: Legal contracts and Power Purchase Agreements
  • Chapter 11: Corporate Governance and Responsibility
  • Model Sustainable Communities, Regions and Nation States
  • Chapter 12: Global Cases of Sustainable Communities
  • Chapter 13: Conclusions: the next generation, life styles and beyond
  • APPENDIX A: Sustainable Development
  • APPENDIX B: Greenhouse Gas Analysis
  • APPENDIX C: Demand Side Management
  • APPENDICE E: Case of Legal Mechanism: The Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)
  • APPENDIC F: References and Web Site Data Sources.

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