Superbia: 31 Ways to Create Sustainable Neighborhoods
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Book Description
Superbia! is a book of practical ideas for creating more socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable neighborhoods. It is about remaking suburban and urban neighborhoods to serve people better and to reduce human impact on the environment.
The authors first trace the history of the suburbs, showing how they fail to meet many peoples' needs. They then describe how existing neighborhoods can be transformed, offering cohousing and new urbanist communities as examples. The reader is then guided through the transformation of a fictitious neighborhood that adopts the authors' thirty-one steps. Ideas for the blossoming of the suburb are described in order of difficulty, from easy to boldest, including:
Examples from all over North America and beyond provide real-life proof that citizen planners can create Superbia! And the most comprehensive resource listing imaginable puts all the tools needed at your fingertips. Well-illustrated and reader-friendly, Superbia! is written primarily for the millions who live in urban areas or existing suburbs. It will also be of major interest to environmentalists, planners, and all who want to create a more humane and nurturing lifestyle. Dan Chiras is the author of nineteen books including The Natural Plaster Book (New Society Publishers, 2003) and over 200 articles, a contributing editor to Mother Earth News, and an adjunct professor at Colorado College. Dave Wann has produced six video programs on community, is coauthor of Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic and two other books about design. Both live in Colorado.
Superbia: 31 Ways to Create Sustainable Neighborhoods,Dan Chiras,Dave Wann,New Society Publishers,0865714908,Architecture,Art,Community development, Urban,Design - General,Environmental Conservation & Protection - General,Neighborhood,Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.,Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings,Suburbs,Sustainable development,United States,Art / Design / General
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Dan Chiras is an award-winning author of over 20 books on environmental issues, natural building and sustainability. A sustainability design consultant, he teaches courses on renewable energy, green building and sustainability at Colorado College. He has studied renewable energy and energy efficiency for 30 years, and written articles on solar energy for homes in Natural Home, Mother Earth News, and The Last Straw.
