Includes bibliographical references and index.

The three epochs of the environmental movement / Daniel A. Mazmanian and Michael E. Kraft -- Conceptual and analytical challenges in building sustainable communities / Lamont C. Hempel -- Los Angeles' transition from command-and-control to market-based clean air policy strategies and implementation / Daniel A. Mazmanian -- Clean water and the promise of collaborative decision making : the case of the Fox-Wolf Basin in Wisconsin / Michael E. Kraft and Bruce N. Johnson -- Local open-space preservation in California / Daniel Press -- The challenge of the environmental city : a Pittsburgh case study / Franklin Tugwell, Andrew S. McElwaine, and Michele Kanche Fetting -- ISTEA and the new era in transportation policy : sustainable communities from a federal initiative / Thomas A. Horan, Hank Dittmar, and Daniel R. Jordan -- Sustainability in a regional context : the case of the Great Lakes Basin / Barry G. Rabe -- Conclusions : Toward sustainable communities / Michael E. Kraft and Daniel A. Mazmanian.