Publications
Sustainable Community
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Sustainable Communities


Alexander, Christopher, Sara Ishikawa & Murray Silverstein, A Pattern Language: Towns - Buildings - Construction, Oxford University Press, Cary, NC, 1977.

Bank of America, Beyond Sprawl: New Patterns of Growth to Fit the New California, Bank of America, San Francisco, CA, 1995.

Beatley, T and K. Manning, The Ecology of Place: Planning for Environment, Ecology and Community, Island Press, Covelo, CA, 1997.

Bernard, Ted and Jora Young, The Ecology of Hope: Communities Collaborate for Sustainability, New Society Publishers, N. Kingstown, R.I., PB, 240pp.

Corbett, Judy and Michael, Designing Sustainable Communities: Learning from Village Homes, Island Press, Covelo, CA, 2000, 235 pp., illus., photos, ISBN 1-55963-686-6

Corbett, Michael, A Better Place to Live: New Designs for Tomorrows Communities, Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA, 1981.

Dauncey, Guy, Earth Future: Stories from a Sustainable World, New Society Publishers, N. Kingstown, R.I., PB, 176pp.

Ewing, R., Best Development Practices: A Primer for Smart Growth, American Planning Association, Washington, DC, 1998

Fodar, Eben, Better Not Bigger: How to Take Control of Urban Growth and Improve Your Community, New Society Publishers, N. Kingstown, R.I., PB, 176pp.

Girardet, Herbert, Creating Sustainable Cities, Green Books Ltd., Foxhole, Dartington, Totnes, Devon, 1999, PB, 77 pp.

Kelbaugh, Doug, The Pedestrian Pocket Book: A New Suburban Design Strategy, Princeton Architecture Press, New York, NY, 1989.

McClamant, Kathryn & Charles Durrett, Co-Housing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, CA 1994.

McKenzie-Mohr, Doug and William Smith, Fostering Sustainable Behavior: An Introduction to Community Based Social Marketing, New Society Publishers, N. Kingstown, R.I., PB, 176pp.

Norwood, Kenneth & Kathleen Smith, Rebuilding Community in America: Housing for Ecological Living, Personal Empowerment, and the New Extended Family, Shared Living Resource Center, Berkeley, CA, 1995.

President's Council on Sustainable Development, Building on Concensus: A progress Report on Sustainable America, President's Council on Sustainable Development, Washington, DC, 1997.

Register, Richard, Ecocity Berkeley: Building Cities for a Healthy Future, North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, CA, 1987.

Rocky Mountain Institute, Green Development: Integrating Ecology and Real Estate, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1998.

Roseland, Mark, Toward Sustainable Communities: Resources for Citizens and Governments, New Society Publishers, N. Kingstown, R.I., PB, 256pp.

SA Talks,
Sustainable America, 350 Fifth Avenue, Room 3112, New York, NY 10118-3199 USA,

Terrain: The Magazine of the Berkeley Ecology Center,
Quarterly, Subscription $15/yr Terrain only, $35/yr with membership, Ecology Center 2530 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94702 USA, 510-548-2235 terrain@ecologycenter.org.

Thayer, R., Grey World, Green Heart: Technology, Nature and Sustainable Landscape, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1994.

Theobald, Robert, Reworking Success: New Communities at the Millennium, New Society Publishers, N. Kingstown, R.I., PB, 128pp.

Urban Ecologist: The Journal of Urban Ecology,
Quarterly, $35 with or without membership, Urban Ecology 405 14th St., Suite 900, Oakland, CA 94612 USA 510-251-6330, urbanecology@igc.apc.org.

Van der Ryn, Sim and Peter Calthorpe, Sustainable Communities: A New Design Synthesis for Cities, Suburbs and Towns, Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, CA, 1986.

Weisman, Alan, Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World, Chelsea Green Publishing, White River, VT, 1998

Whole Earth: Access to Tools, Ideas, and Practices
, Subscription $24/yr , 120pp., Quarterly, Whole Earth, P.O. Box 3000, Denville, NJ 07834 USA 888-732-6739.

World Watch: Working for a Sustainable Future, The World Watch Institute, 1776 Massachuesetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20036 USA, Semi-monthly, 40pp., $20/yr.

Yes! A Journal of Positive Futures
, Positive Futures Network, Quarterly, Subscription $24/yr., P.O. Box 10818, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-0818, USA.


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