Table of Contents

The Context for Sustainable Communities; Toward Sustainable Communities; Making Community Policy; Greening the City; Water & Sewage; Waste Reduction & Recycling; Energy Efficiency & Renewables; Transportation Planning & Traffic Management; Land Use & Urban Form; Housing & Community Development; Green Building; Community Economic Development; Climate Change & Air Quality; Communities Integrating Sustainability; Governing Sustainable Communities; Tools for Community Sustainability; The Community Capital Tool; Lessons & Challenges; Appendix: The Sustainable Communities Research Network; Index.

About the Author

Doug Urquhart started out as a 'bush baby'. Raised in a tent while the family home was being built. Later, his experiences of canoeing, camping and building a log cabin with his parents inspired Doug to spend his life in the North. For more than 35 years, Doug worked all over northern Canada. Doug lives with his wife and children in Whitehorse, Yukon.