Thanks to the many respondents who produced the marvelous list of recommendations below.
- Paul -- Birch, E.L. And S.M. Wacher (2008) Growing Greener Cities: Urban Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century. Slavin, M. (2011). Sustainability in America's Cities: Creating the Green Metropolis. Island Press. Routledge's Sustainable Urban Development Reader Duerksen, C. and C. Snyder. 2005. Nature-friendly communities: Habitat protection and land-use planning. Island Press: Washington, DC. Beatley, T. 2011. Biophilic cities: Integrating nature into urban design and planning. Island Press: Washington, DC. Matthew Hoffman, Climate Governance at the Crossroads Kent Portney (2003) Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously Mega, Voula P. 2010. Sustainable cities for the third millennium: the odyssey of urban excellence. Brussels: Springer. Wong, Tai-Chee and Yuen, Belinda (Eds.) 2011. Eco-city planning. Policies, practice, and design. Springer Worldwatch Institute. 2007. 2007 State of the World. Our Urban Future. A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress toward a Sustainable Society. New York, London: W.W. Norton & Company. Jeremy Rifkin's latest book The Third Industrial Revolution mentions a few-- San Antonio, TX, Rome, Monaco. Laura Lawson, 2005 "City Bountiful: A Century of Community Gardening in American" Richard Walker, 2008 "Country in the City: The Greening of the San Franciso Bay Area" -- Paul F. Steinberg Associate Professor of Political Science & Environmental Policy http://www.hmc.edu/steinberg Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, & the Arts 301 East Platt Boulevard Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA 91711 tel. 909-607-3840
