Research Catalog

Title

Futures by design : the practice of ecological planning / edited by Doug Aberley.

Publication

Gabriola Island, BC : Philadelphia, PA : New Society Publishers, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors

Aberley, Doug.

Description

x, 214 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Series Statement

The New catalyst bioregional series

Uniform Title

New catalyst bioregional series.

Subject

• Environmental policy
• Human ecology
• Social ecology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• Foreword / David Suzuki -- 1. Weeds in the Cartesian Garden: The Context of Ecological Planning / Doug Aberley -- 2. Bounding Whole Systems: Contemporary Perceptions of Ecological Planning -- Introduction / Doug Aberley. Coming in to the Watershed / Gary Snyder. If the World Were a Village of 1,000 People / Donella H. Meadows. Ancient Futures / Helena Norberg-Hodge. Some Thoughts on Ecological Planning / Raymond F. Dasmann. Natural and City Ecosystems: Thoughts on City Ecology / Jane Jacobs. An Outline for an Ecological Politics / Murray Bookchin. Permaculture / Bill Mollison -- 3. Inventing the Sustainable City -- Introduction / Doug Aberley. Eco-Cities: Rebuilding Civilization, Restoring Nature / Richard Register. Ecological Planning for Sustainable Communities / Mark Roseland. Mega-Cities: Innovations for Sustainable Cities of the 21st Century / Janice E. Perlman. Cerro Gordo: Eco-Village Building and Eco-City Networking / Christopher Canfield.
• The New Suburban Village / Melanie Taylor -- 4. Growing the Places Where We Live: Ecoregional Stewardship in Action -- Introduction / Doug Aberley. Cascadia / David McCloskey. The West Kootenays: Something Special / Suzy Hamilton. Tradition plus High-Tech: A First Nations Example / Tony Pearse. Crossing Borders: Landscape Scale Planning in the Greater North Cascades Trans-boundary Ecosystem / Susan Snetsinger -- 5. Ecological Planning for Wild Life -- Introduction / Doug Aberley. The Wildlands Project: Land Conservation Strategy / Reed F. Noss -- Appendix: A Recipe for Reserve System Design and Management -- 6. Ecological Planning for Human Use -- Introduction / Doug Aberley. The Living Landscape: An Ecological Approach to Landscape Planning / Frederick Steiner -- 7. Conclusion and Ecological Planning Reading List / Doug Aberley.

ISBN

• 1550922416 (pbk.) :
• 1550922408 (hard)
• 0865712980 (pbk.) :
• 0865712972 (hard)

LCCN

94238129

OCLC

• 32431790
• ocm32431790

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries