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Designing Sustainable Communities: Learning From Village Homes
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Designing Sustainable Communities: Learning From Village Homes Paperback - 1999 - 1st Edition

by Corbett, Michael; Corbett, Judy

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Island Press, 1999. Book. Good. Soft cover. Good condition. Call label on spine from company library. Front endpaper with a received stamp. Light soiling to outside page edge. All intact. No writing in text pages..
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  • Title Designing Sustainable Communities: Learning From Village Homes
  • Author Corbett, Michael; Corbett, Judy
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 254
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Island Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Date 1999
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 7520
  • ISBN 9781559636865 / 1559636866
  • Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.99 x 5.93 x 0.52 in (22.83 x 15.06 x 1.32 cm)
  • Themes
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Library of Congress subjects Sustainable development, Land use - Planning
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99052419
  • Dewey Decimal Code 307.121

First line

Over the past half century, the concentric growth pattern of cities in the United States has produced urbanization in the form of an incoherent sprawl of look-alike residential subdivisions, commercial strips, big-box retailers, and commercial and industrial parks, all physically isolated from one another.

From the rear cover

While the movement toward creating more sustainable communities has been growing for decades, few examples exist of successful and time-tested sustainable communities. Village Homes outside of Davis, California, is one such example. Built between 1975 and 1981 on 60 acres of land, it offers unique features including extensive common areas, community gardens, narrow streets, pedestrian and bike paths, solar homes, and an innovative ecological drainage system.

In Designing Sustainable Communities, Judy and Michael Corbett offer an inside look at the development of the project from start to finish, describing how it came about, design approaches they took, and changes that have occurred over the years. The book represents an invaluable guide for professionals and students involved in planning, architecture, development, and landscape architecture.

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  • Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2000, Page 117

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