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The movement towards creating sustainable communities has gained increased prominence with approaches such as New Urbanism, yet there are few examples of the successes. This text offers an analysis of one such example: Village Homes outside Davis, California. The area offers features including extensive common areas and green space; community gardens, orchards and vineyeards; narrow streets; pedestrian and bike paths; solar homes; and an innovative ecological drainage system. The authors were instrumental in the design of Village Homes and draw extensively on their practical experiences, as well as examples from a number of other sustainable village projects, to deliver a comprehensive analysis of the process of designing and building sustainable communities.

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From piecemeal planning to sustainable design; sustainable development and the garden city; design for a new garden city - Village Homes and other examples; the bare essentials - water, food and housing; energy.

Designing Sustainable Communities: Learning From

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      Publisher Island Press
      Published 1 December 1999
      ISBN-13 9781559636865
      978-1559636865
      ISBN-10 1559636866
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      Environmentalist thought and ideology Urban and municipal planning and policy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The movement towards creating sustainable communities has gained increased prominence with approaches such as New Urbanism, yet there are few examples of the successes. This text offers an analysis of one such example: Village Homes outside Davis, California. The area offers features including extensive common areas and green space; community gardens, orchards and vineyeards; narrow streets; pedestrian and bike paths; solar homes; and an innovative ecological drainage system. The authors were instrumental in the design of Village Homes and draw extensively on their practical experiences, as well as examples from a number of other sustainable village projects, to deliver a comprehensive analysis of the process of designing and building sustainable communities.

      Table of Contents
      From piecemeal planning to sustainable design; sustainable development and the garden city; design for a new garden city - Village Homes and other examples; the bare essentials - water, food and housing; energy.

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