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    The environmental planning handbook for sustainable communities and regions / Tom Daniels.

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    • Title:The environmental planning handbook for sustainable communities and regions / Tom Daniels.
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    • Author/Creator:Daniels, Thomas L., author.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:American Planning Association, publisher.
    • Published/Created:Chicago : American Planning Association/Planners Press, [2014]
      ©2014

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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Environmental protection--United States--Planning.
      Environmental management--United States.
      Regional planning--United States.
      Community development--United States.
      Sustainable development--United States.
      Environmental policy--United States.
    • Genre/Form: Handbooks and manuals.
    • Edition:Second edition.
    • Description:xliii, 747 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm
    • Summary:Environmental protection is a global issue that largely depends on effective and timely action at the local level. In The Environmental Planning Handbook, Tom Daniels clarifies complex environmental issues, examines sustainability efforts, and offers step-by-step guidance for local governments to incorporate sustainable environmental quality into local and regional comprehensive planning.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9781611901511
      1611901510
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Environmental Planning Process
      ch. 1.0 Taking Stock of the Environment and Creating Environmental Plans
      1.1. Adding Environmental Planning to the Comprehensive Planning Process
      1.2. Environmental Planning Process
      1.3. Further Look at Functional and Area Environmental Plans
      1.4. Day-to-Day Planning Decisions: Review of Development Proposals
      ch. 2.0 Legal, Economic, Ethical, and Ecological Foundations of Environmental Planning
      2.1. Legal Issues in Environmental Planning
      2.2. Economic Reasons for Environmental Planning
      2.3. Ethical Reasons for Environmental Planning
      2.4. Ecology and Environmental Planning
      pt. 2 Planning for Sustainable Public Health
      ch. 3.0 Planning for Sustainable Air Quality
      3.1. Air-Quality Problems
      3.2. Federal Responses to Air-Quality Problems
      3.3. Role of the States in Planning for Air Quality
      3.4. Local Planning for Air Quality
      3.5. Case Study: The Land Use, Air Quality, and Transportation Study in Portland, Oregon
      ch. 4.0 Planning for Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation
      4.1. Climate Change: Threats and Responses
      4.2. Federal Actions to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Mitigation)
      4.3. International Actions to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      4.4. Regional Planning to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      4.5. State Planning to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      4.6. Local Planning to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      4.7. Case Study: Portland's Climate Action Planning
      ch. 5.0 Planning for a Sustainable Water Supply
      5.1. Water Supplies and Uses
      5.2. Hydrology
      5.3. Need for Water Supply Planning
      5.4. Federal Role in Water Supply Planning
      5.5. Safe Drinking Water Act
      5.6. State Water Supply Planning
      5.7. County and Regional Water Supply Planning
      5.8. Local Water Supply Planning
      5.9. Case Study: New York City's Water Supply Protection Program
      ch. 6.0 Planning for Sustainable Water Quality
      6.1. Water-Quality Problems
      6.2. Federal Water-Quality Standards and Pollution Control
      6.3. State Water-Quality Protection and Cleanup
      6.4. Local Planning for Water Quality
      6.5. Case Study: The Chesapeake Bay TMDL Program
      ch. 7.0 Planning for Solid Waste and Recycling
      7.1. Challenge of Managing Solid Waste
      7.2. Solid Waste: The Federal Response
      7.3. State Solid Waste Planning and Programs
      7.4. Local and Regional Planning and Programs for Solid Waste, Reuse, and Recycling
      ch. 8.0 Toxic Substances and Hazardous Waste
      8.1. Challenge of Toxic Substances and Hazardous Waste
      8.2. Federal Action on Toxic Substances
      8.3. Local Planning for Toxic Substances and Hazardous Waste
      pt. 3 Planning for Natural Areas
      ch. 9.0 Protecting the Nation's Landscape Treasures
      9.1. Challenge of Landscape Protection
      9.2. Federal Planning for Protecting the Nation's Landscape Treasures
      9.3. State Programs to Protect Landscape Treasures
      9.4. Local and Regional Acquisition of Open Space
      9.5. Local Planning for Landscape Treasures
      9.6. Case Study: Antietam Battlefield Protection
      ch. 10.0 Planning for Wildlife Habitat
      10.1. Pressures on Wildlife Habitat
      10.2. Federal Efforts to Protect Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
      10.3. State Planning for Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
      10.4. Nonprofit Organizations and Wildlife Habitat Protection
      10.5. Local Planning for Plant and Wildlife Habitat
      10.6. Case Study: Species Conservation in San Diego County
      ch. 11.0 Planning and Managing Wetlands
      11.1. Pressures on Wetlands
      11.2. Federal Wetland Protection Efforts
      11.3. State Wetlands Management
      11.4. Local Planning for Wetlands
      ch. 12.0 Coastal Zone Management
      12.1. Challenge of Coastal Zone Management
      12.2. Federal Planning and Management of Coastal Resources
      12.3. State and Regional Coastal Protection Programs
      12.4. Local Planning for Coastal Resources
      12.5. Case Study: The California Coastal Commission and the California State Coastal Conservancy
      ch. 13.0 Planning for Natural Hazards and Natural Disasters
      13.1. Challenge of Planning for Disaster-Resistant Communities
      13.2. Federal Planning for Natural Disasters and Hazard Mitigation
      13.3. State Planning for Natural Disasters and Hazard Mitigation
      13.4. Local Planning for Natural Disasters and Hazard Mitigation
      13.5. Case Study: Hurricane Katrina
      pt. 4 Planning for Working Landscapes
      ch. 14.0 Planning for Sustainable Working Landscapes: Farmland and Ranchland
      14.1. Challenges to Maintaining Working Agricultural Landscapes
      14.2. Federal Planning for Farmland Protection
      14.3. State Farmland Protection Programs
      14.4. Local Planning for Farmland Protection
      14.5. Environmentally Responsible Farming Operations
      14.6. Case Study: Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)
      ch. 15.0 Planning for Sustainable Working Landscapes: Forestry
      15.1. Forest Types
      15.2. Pressures on Forests
      15.3. Federal Forestland Programs
      15.4. State Forestland Programs
      15.5. Land Trusts and the Protection of Forestland
      15.6. Local Planning for Forestlands
      15.7. Case Studies: The Northern Forest Initiative and Forests and Carbon Sequestration
      ch. 16.0 Planning for Mining
      16.1. Environmental Impacts of Mineral and Aggregate Mining
      16.2. Federal Mining Regulations
      16.3. State Mining Regulations
      16.4. Local Planning for Mineral and Aggregate Resources
      16.5. Case Study: Mountaintop Removal
      pt. 5 Planning for the Built Environment
      ch. 17.0 Planning for Energy
      17.1. America's Energy Challenges: Production, Consumption, Efficiency, and Conservation
      17.2. America's Energy Sources
      17.3. Federal Energy Planning
      17.4. State Energy Planning
      17.5. Local Energy Planning
      ch. 18.0 Transportation Planning and the Environment
      18.1. Transportation Planning Challenges
      18.2. Federal Transportation Planning
      18.3. Regional Approaches to Transportation Planning
      18.4. Local Planning for Transportation
      18.5. Case Study:Transportation Planning in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
      ch. 19.0 Making Green Cities, Suburbs, and Metro Regions
      19.1. Challenges of Building and Managing Green Cities, Suburbs, and Metro Regions
      19.2. Making Cities, Suburbs, and Metro Regions Into Sustainable Green Communities
      19.3. Importance of Good Design in Greening Cities and Suburbs
      19.4. Federal Efforts Toward Creating Green Cities, Suburbs, and Metro Regions
      19.5. State Efforts to Revitalize Cities and Older Suburbs
      19.6. Local Planning for Green Cities, Suburbs, and Metro Regions
      19.7. Case Study: Chattanooga, Tennessee: From Worst to First
      ch. 20.0 Greenfield Development and Site Design
      20.1. Challenge of Sprawl and Greenfield Development
      20.2. Federal Programs to Manage Greenfield Development
      20.3. State Programs to Manage Greenfield Development
      20.4. Regional and Local Management of Greenfield Development
      20.5. Local Planning for Greenfield Development
      20.6. Case Study: Prairie Crossing, Illinois, and Tracking Greenfield Development vs. Urban Development
      pt. 6 Environmental Planning Challenges at Home and Abroad
      ch. 21.0 Positive Trends and Urgent Needs for Sustainable Environmental Planning
      21.1. Positive Environmental Trends
      21.2. Environmental Planning Needs and Challenges
      21.3. International Environmental Planning Needs
      21.4. Final Note on Sustainable Environmental Planning.
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