Ecocity Berkeley offers innovative city planning solutions that would work anywhere, but the book offers a vision of what the future can be like with a fair amount of planning beforehand. This book is very inspirational, and could be used to advocate similar planning improvements in any large city. This book is meant for anyone interested in environmental activism, and anyone looking for serious innovations in their city.
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"Richard Register belongs to the Ben Franklin tradition of inventors, generalists, and hopeful geniuses. His ideas about ecological cities are a valuable contribution to the great human task of figuring out how to manage a biosphere and enjoy life while we are at it."
-Walter Truett Anderson, author of To Govern Evolution
"A trailbreaking book, essential reading for anyone concerned with the future of our cities--in a class with the Goodmans' Communitas and Alexander's A Pattern Language."
-Ernest Callenbach, author of Ecotopia
-Walter Truett Anderson, author of To Govern Evolution
"A trailbreaking book, essential reading for anyone concerned with the future of our cities--in a class with the Goodmans' Communitas and Alexander's A Pattern Language."
-Ernest Callenbach, author of Ecotopia
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Berkeley was honored to have such a thought out city plan presented by the world's leading ecocity expert. Ecocity Berkeley offers innovative city planning solutions that would work anywhere, but the book offers a vision of what the future can be like when we start planning for it. It's very inspirational, and the book could be used to advocate similar planning improvements in any large city. It's also a convenient size for travel. I recommend the book for environmental activists looking for serious innovations that can be the future for your own cities.
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An ecocity is an ecologically healthy city. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
proximity policies, slow streets, creek restoration, solar greenhouses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Francisco, Bay Area, Golden Gate, Cerro Gordo, Auto Sprawl Syndrome, School of Ecocity Design, East Bay, United States, Great Western Building, Schoolhouse Creek, Star Wars, University Avenue, West Berkeley New!
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An ecocity is an ecologically healthy city. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
proximity policies, slow streets, creek restoration, solar greenhouses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Francisco, Bay Area, Golden Gate, Cerro Gordo, Auto Sprawl Syndrome, School of Ecocity Design, East Bay, United States, Great Western Building, Schoolhouse Creek, Star Wars, University Avenue, West Berkeley New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Cities and the Wealth of Nations by Jane Jacobs on page 7, and Back Matter
- Design with Nature (Wiley Series in Sustainable Design) by Ian L. McHarg in Back Matter
- The Ohlone Way: Indian Life in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area by Malcolm Margolin in Back Matter
- Bioshelters, Ocean Arks, City Farming by Nancy Jack Todd in Back Matter
- Energy and Equity (Ideas in Progress) by Ivan Illich on page 9
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- Ethics and Urban Design: Culture, Form, and Environment by Gideon S. Golany on page 127, and page 145
- Alternatives to Economic Globalization by John Cavanagh in Back Matter
- Exploring Sustainable Development: Geographical Perspectives by Martin Purvis in Back Matter
- The Resurgence of the Real by Charlene Spretnak on page 232
- Urban Policy Issues: Canadian Perspectives by David Siegel on page 169
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