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Douglas R. Porter is one of the nation's leading authorities on growth management at the state, regional, and local level. He formed the nonprofit Growth Management Institute in 1992 to conduct research and education in growth management policies and practices. He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
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A Bastion of Liberalism,
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This review is from: The Practice of Sustainable Development (Paperback)
This book should be titled, "The Practice of Ignoring Market Demand." It is little more than an promotion for dense urban development and the elimination of the automobile, which is a sustainable concept for only a small portion of our society.
If "smart growth" is so smart, why has it been around for over 35 years, but only a small portion of our society has bought into it? Generally speaking, it ignores market demand and attempts to shape the market in a way that it refuses to be shaped. THAT is an unsustainable practice. Dense urban development can be sustainable - or it can be unsustainable. Suburban development can be sustainable - or it can be unsustainable. The unanswered question (in this book) is: What specific DEVELOPMENT practices contribute to the sustainability we want to achieve? The presumption in this book is that ALL development is unsustainable, so we need to pack people as close together as possible, so we can do as little of it as possible, and everyone can walk to work and shop. Today's automobiles represent an unsustainable practice, but developers aren't in the automobile manufacturing business, nor can they sustainably control market demand for their use. Attempting to manipulate the market's demand for privacy and space is a recipe for financial disaster. Hardly sustainable. I found very little useful information in this book.
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subarea plans, favored quarter, sustainable features, soil mantle, urban commons, green infrastructure, green development, infill development, detention basins, smart growth, embodied energy, land consumption Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, San Diego, Los Angeles, Playa Vista, San Francisco, Hidden Springs, Forest South, Hackensack Meadowlands, National Association of Home Builders, New England, New Jersey, Brookings Institution, City Beautiful, Four Times Square, Indiana Dunes, John Wiley, Protection Agency, Thorn Creek Woods, Lewis Mumford, Sierra Club, Tryon Farm, American Planning Association, Boston Common, Can Company New!
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- Design with Nature (Wiley Series in Sustainable Design) by Ian L. McHarg on 4 pages
- Land Use in America by Henry L. Diamond on page 9, page 23, and page 24
- Residential Development Handbook (Community Builders Handbook Series) by Lloyd W. etc. Bookout on page 24, and page 50
- The Last Landscape by William H. Whyte on page 34, and page 50
- Silent Spring by Rachel Carson on page 23, and page 34
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- Land Use and Society: Geography, Law, and Public Policy by Rutherford H. Platt on page 148, and page 290
- Design First: Design-based Planning for Communities by David Walters on page (1), and page (2)
- Sustainable Golf Courses: A Guide to Environmental Stewardship by Ronald G. Dodson in Back Matter
- Buildings, Culture and Environment: Informing Local and Global Practices by Richard Lorch on page 306
- Forests at the Wildland-Urban Interface: Conservation and Management (Integrative Studies in Water Management & Land Deve) by Susan W. Vince on page 109
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