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Synopsis
Drawing upon interdisciplinary research conducted across various universities within the United Kingdom, this book offers insights into how local initiatives can enhance sustainable development and engage people in creating better places in which to live. Demonstrating how to embed sustainability in all levels of education, this account contains imaginative, practical, and accessible ways in which communities and built-environment professionals are working towards a more sustainable future. Themes such as sustainable development, community coherence, conflict resolution, planning, and environmental management will interest those in a variety of fields, including architecture, urban design, and geography.
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About the Author
Robert Rogerson is a senior lecturer in geography and a researcher on communities and sustainability at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland. Sue Sadler is a researcher in rural and sustainable development at the University of Strathclyde and an independent evaluation consultant. Anne Green is a professorial fellow at the Institute for Employment Research at the University of Warwick. She is also a member of the United Kingdom Commission for Employment and Skills Expert Panel. Cecilia Wong is a professor of spatial planning and the Director of the Center for Urban Policy Studies at the University of Manchester. She is the author of Indicators for Urban and Regional Planning: The Interplay of Policy and Methods.
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"This is an important book because it represents a link to the good (and bad) practices of the past, offers lessons for the present, and provides pathways to successful localities." —Peter Roberts, OBE, chair, Homes and Communities Agency
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- PublisherUniversity Of Hertfordshire Press
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1907396136
- ISBN 13 9781907396137
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
- EditorRogerson Robert, Sadler Sue, Green Anne, Wong Cecilia
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