Sustainable Communities Design Handbook
Green Engineering, Architecture, and Technology

This book presents an in-depth analysis of climate-friendly technologies, their economic costs and benefits.

Woodrow W. Clark, II (Author)

9780128102046

Paperback, published 19 August 2016

440 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.8 cm, 0.66 kg

Approx.422 pages

Chapter 1: The Tools for Sustainable Development Chapter 2: Global Warming and Climate Change: The Mechanisms for Community Cases Toward Solutions Part One: Architectural Design and Building in CommunitiesChapter 3: Public Policy: Leadership at the local, state, national and international levels Chapter 4: Government: The Case of Sustainable College CommunitiesChapter 5: Green Buildings: standards and codes that provide environmentally sound technologies and returns on investmentsPart Two: Agile Sustainable Infrastructure SystemsChapter 6: Smart Communities: the public and private sectors integration of infrastructures, technologies and buildingsChapter 7: Technologies, Engineering and ScienceChapter 8: The Environment, Land Use, Natural Resources Today and the FuturePart Three: Economic, Legal and Accounting MechanismsChapter 9: Economics and Accounting: Life Cycle Analysis, Externalities, Markets and ROI (return on investment)Chapter 10: Legal contracts and Power Purchase Agreements Chapter 11: Corporate Governance and ResponsibilityModel Sustainable Communities, Regions and Nation StatesChapter 12: Global Cases of Sustainable CommunitiesChapter 13: Conclusions: the next generation, life styles and beyondAPPENDIX A: Sustainable DevelopmentAPPENDIX B: Greenhouse Gas AnalysisAPPENDIX C: Demand Side ManagementAPPENDICE E: Case of Legal Mechanism: The Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)APPENDIC F: References and Web Site Data Sources

Subject Areas: Sustainable agriculture [TVF], Climate change [RNPG], The environment [RN]