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June 1, 1999
Professional Builder
The following sources offer more information about sustainable land planning and green building. Check them out.
The Center for Livable Communities: http://www.lgc.org/clc
Also available are the Center’s publications including Livable Places Profiles, Making Streets That Work, Building Livable Communities and A Policy-makers Guide to Transit-Oriented Development Designing Sustainable Communities: Learning from Village Homes by Michael and Judy Corbett is being published by Island Press and will be available in Fall 1999 (800/828-1302).
Conservation Design for Subdivisions by Randall Arendt, Island Press, 1998.
Home From Nowhere by James Howard Kunstler, Simon & Shuster, 1996.
Coffee Creek Center: http://www.coffeecreekcenter.com
Lake Erie Land Company: http://www.lelcompany.com
William McDonough + Partners: http://www.mcdonough.com/
Civano: http://www.civano.com
Institute for Sustainable Design, University of Virginia
Village Habitat Design: www.VillageHabitat.com
Also See:
Re-Imaging the Future
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