Timothy Beatley: 15 books
Green Urbanism Down Under
Learning from Sustainable Communities in Australia
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
In this immensely practical book, Timothy Beatley sets out to answer a simple question: what can Americans learn from Australians about “greening” city life? Green Urbanism Down Under reports on the currstate of “sustainability practice” in Australia and the many lessons that U.S. residents...
Blue Urbanism
Exploring Connections Between Cities and Oceans
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
What would it mean to live in cities designed to foster feelings of connectedness to the ocean? As coastal cities begin planning for climate change and rising sea levels, author Timothy Beatley sees opportunities for rethinking the relationship between urban development and the ocean. Modern society...
Biophilic Cities
Integrating Nature into Urban Design and Planning
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2010
Tim Beatley has long been a leader in advocating for the "greening" of cities. But too often, he notes, urban greening efforts focus on everything except nature, emphasizing such elements as public transit, renewable energy production, and energy efficibuilding systems. While these are important aspects...
Planning for Coastal Resilience
Best Practices for Calamitous Times
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Climate change is predicted to increase the frequency and magnitude of coastal storms around the globe, and the anticipated rise of sea levels will have enormous impact on fragile and vulnerable coastal regions. In the U.S., more than 50% of the population inhabits coastal areas. In Planning for Coastal...
Green Cities of Europe
Global Lessons on Green Urbanism
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
In the absence of federal leadership, states and localities are stepping forward to address critical problems like climate change, urban sprawl, and polluted water and air. Making a city fundamentally sustainable is a daunting task, but fortunately, there are dynamic, innovative models outside U.S....
Habitat Conservation Planning
Endangered Species and Urban Growth
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2014
As environmental awareness grows around the world, people are learning that a diversity of species and the habitat to support them is necessary to maintain the ecological health of the earth. At the same time, however, the pressure to develop wildlife habitat for human settlement and economic gain...
Green Urbanism
Learning From European Cities
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
As the need to confront unplanned growth increases, planners and policymakers scramble for practical tools and examples of successful and workable approaches. Growth manageminitiatives are underway in the US, but many American "success stories" provide only one piece of the puzzle. To find examples...
Native to Nowhere
Sustaining Home And Community In A Global Age
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2005
Meaningful places offer a vital counterbalance to the forces of globalization and sameness that are overtaking our world, and are an essential elemin the search for solutions to currsustainability challenges. In Native to Nowhere, author Tim Beatley draws on extensive research and travel to communities...
ResiliCities, Second Edition
Overcoming Fossil Fuel Dependence
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
What does it mean to be a *resili*city in the age of a changing climate and growing inequity? As urban populations grow, how do we create efficitransportation systems, access to healthy green space, and lower-carbon buildings for all citizens?
Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley, and Heather Boyer...
ResiliCities
Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
The authors of this spirited book don't believe that oblivion is necessarily the destiny of urban areas. Instead, they believe that intelligplanning and visionary leadership can help cities meet the impending crises, and look to existing initiatives in cities around the world. Rather than responding...
Natural Hazard Mitigation
Recasting Disaster Policy And Planning
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
The first half of the 1990s saw the largest and mcostly floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes in the history of the United States. While natural hazards cannot be prevented, their human impacts can be greatly reduced through advance action that mitigates risks and reduces vulnerability.*Natural Hazard...
by Timothy Beatley
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
What if, even in the heart of a densely developed city, people could have meaningful encounters with nature? While parks, street trees, and green roofs are increasingly appreciated for their technical services like stormwater reduction, from a biophilic viewpoint, they also facilitate experiences...
Blue Biophilic Cities
Nature and Resilience Along The Urban Coast
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
There is a growing recognition of the contact we need with nature to be happy, healthy and to lead meaningful lives. We need that nature daily, if not hourly, and so it must be nearby to where we live and work. This is central to the concept of ‘biophilic cities’ which is emerging as a global...
The Ecology of Place
Planning for Environment, Economy, and Community
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
The Ecology of Place is a timely resource for planners, economic developmspecialists, students, and citizen activists working toward establishing healthier and more sustainable patterns of growth and development.
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