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RECORD NUMBER: 9 OF 10| Main Title | Native to nowhere : sustaining home and community in a global age / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Beatley, Timothy | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Island Press, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 2004 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 55502926 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 1559639148 (cloth : alk. paper) 1559634537 (pbk. : alk. paper) | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Community life ; Neighborhood ; Home ; Identity (Psychology) ; Socialization ; Quality of life | |||||||||||
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| Collation | xiv, 392 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. {357}-375) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Sustaining place in the global age -- Place basics : concepts, research, literature -- Place strengthening through history and heritage -- Tackling sprawl: community design, sustainablilty, and place -- Nature and place : the role of natural environments in strengthening commitment to place -- Pedestrian places -- Place building through art and celebration -- Learning by design : communities that teach -- Strengthening place through sharing institutions -- Multigenerational communities : places that sustain and cherish children, families and the elderly -- Energy and sustainable place making -- The new politics of place -- Renewing our place commitments. |