Native to Nowhere: Sustaining Home And Community In A Global Age - Hardcover

Beatley, Timothy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1559639148 ISBN 13: 9781559639149

Publisher: Island Press, 2005

Synopsis

Meaningful places offer a vital counterbalance to the forces of globalization and sameness that are overtaking our world, and are an essential element in the search for solutions to current sustainability challenges. In Native to Nowhere, author Tim Beatley draws on extensive research and travel to communities across North America and Europe to offer a practical examination of the concepts of place and place-building in contemporary life. Tim Beatley reviews the many current challenges to place, considers trends and factors that have undermined place and place commitments, and discusses in detail a number of innovative ideas and compelling visions for strengthening place.
Native to Nowhere brings together a wide range of new ideas and insights about sustainability and community, and introduces readers to a host of innovative projects and initiatives. Native to Nowhere is a compelling source of information and ideas for anyone seeking to resist place homogenization and build upon the unique qualities of their local environment and community.

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About the Author

Timothy Beatley is the Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities at the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia, where he has taught for over twenty-five years. His primary teaching and research interests are in environmental planning and policy, with special emphasis on coastal and natural hazards planning, environmental values and ethics, and biodiversity conservation. He has published extensively in these areas, including the following books: Ethical Land Use; Habitat Conservation Planning: Endangered Species and Urban Growth; Natural Hazard Mitigation; and An Introduction to Coastal Zone Management. In recent years much of his research and writing has been focused on the subject of sustainable communities, and creative strategies by which cities and towns can reduce their ecological footprints, while at the same time becoming more livable and equitable places. His books that explore these issues include Biophilic Cities, Resilient Cities, and Green Urbanism (Island Press).

Review

"In Native to Nowhere, Tim Beatley offers a cornucopia of proven strategies to achieve more livable and ecological cities, expanding on his earlier landmark book, Green Urbanism. Beatley is becoming the high priest of sustainable urban design." (Rutherford H. Platt, Director of The Ecological Cities Project, University of Massachusetts Amherst)

"The first time through we came like a plague of locusts. Tim Beatley thinks we can do better, building great communities and prosperous economies. This is the second American Revolution!" (David W. Orr, author of "The Last Refuge" and "Earth in Mind")

About this edition

• Publisher: Island Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1559639148
• ISBN 13: 9781559639149
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 408