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1. Climate Change and Social Ecology

   A New Perspective on the Climate Challenge

   By Stephen M. Wheeler

   Although strategies to prevent global warming – such as by conserving energy, relying on solar and wind power, and reducing motor vehicle use – are well-known, societies have proved unable to implement these measures with the necessary speed. They have also been unwilling to...

   Published April 4th 2012 by Routledge
2. Sustainable Urban Development Reader

   2nd Edition

   Edited by Stephen M. Wheeler, Timothy Beatley

   Series: Routledge Urban Reader Series

   Building on the success of its first edition, the second edition of the Sustainable Urban Development Reader expands its selection of classic material on sustainable community development. As in the previous edition, it begins by tracing the roots of the sustainable development concept in the...

   Published August 26th 2008 by Routledge
3. Planning for Sustainability

   Creating Livable, Equitable and Ecological Communities

   By Stephen Wheeler, Stephen M. Wheeler

   Existing patterns of urbanization are unsustainable in the long run. Current development practices consume enormous amounts of land and resources, damage local ecosystems, produce pollutants, create huge inequalities between groups of people and undermine local community and quality of life....

   Published August 18th 2004 by Routledge
4. The Sustainable Urban Development Reader

   Edited by Timothy Beatley, Stephen M. Wheeler

   Series: Routledge Urban Reader Series

   Bringing together classic readings from a wide variety of sources, this key book investigates how our cities and towns can become more sustainable.Thirty-eight selections span issues such as land use planning, urban design, transportation, ecological restoration, economic development, resource...

   Published January 21st 2004 by Routledge