Sustainable Communities
Written as a professional reference book and a case textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in a variety of disciplines, Sustainable Communities contains detailed case studies of communities in U.S.A., Europe, and Asia that hav
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Woodrow W. Clark II Editor
Sustainable Communities
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Editor Woodrow W. Clark II Clark Strategic Partners P.O. Box #17975 Beverly Hills, CA 90209 USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-0218-4 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-0219-1 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-0219-1 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2009937583 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Thanks to Evelyn Bernstein for the photos that appear between chapters and to Lizabeth Fast for the cover. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
This book would not have been possible without the dedication and commitment of each of the chapter authors. For some authors, writing a chapter was beyond their “9–5” job, and this book reflects their commitment to sustainability at the local level for their communities. To every chapter author and their staff, friends, and families, thank you. This dynamic and paradigm-changing volume on the topic of sustainable development is focused on communities such as cities, schools, and colleges where the future of our families and children are most at risk. We must act today as each of the chapters represents in their presentations. This book marks a new era: the Third Industrial Revolution. The new age of the Third Industrial Revolution has been labeled by some as the “green era” or “green economy,” but it had already started around the world, especially in Europe and Japan, for over a decade – since the end of the 20th century. More significantly, the book highlights people and communities who have a shared concern and vision along with the will and determination to enact programs and polices that make sustainable development real – not just political rhetoric or “branding” or even the current “buzz word” for obtaining funds and grants. The book presents “The Sequel to an Inconvenient Truth” – actual examples of how communities can and have changed in order to mitigate climate change. Again, thanks to everyone and their colleagues. Professor Ted Bradshaw, who was the coauthor of Agile Energy Systems: Global Lessons from the California Energy Crisis (Elsevier, 2004) needs to share the credit for this book. He died of a heart attack about 2 years after our book was published, so he did not see this volume tha
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