Just like any other aspect of a city, transportation must be carefully designed to be effective and profitable. In this Bookhugger debate sponsored by Treehugger and Island Press, Jarrett Walker, Human Transit, and Darrin Nordahl, My Kind of Transit, discuss discuss key factors that determine the success or failure of any transportation system. Watch the debate here and read the review here. Use 2HUG at checkout to receive a discount on either title.
Island Press author, H. Bruce Franklin Saves Menhaden
From Rutgers University:
“One person really can make a difference. In this case, it was one Rutgers professor, whose four-year fight to save a fish species has finally succeeded, and will have a major impact for the better, both ecological and economic, on the fishing industry along the Atlantic Coast, as well as tourism in New Jersey.
In 2007, Rutgers-Newark Professor H. Bruce Franklin wroteThe Most Important Fish in the Sea: Menhaden and America,” alerting the public to the dangers of the overfishing of menhaden, a small fish that is critically important to the ocean’s ecosystem and the survival of many other fish species.” Read more here.
Treehugger reviews Making Healthy Places
“It is just about the most authoritative and thorough examination of how our urban design (and house design) affects our health and wellbeing, and should be on the desk of every urban designer and planner as an important reference . . . .
I cannot imagine writing about urban issues involving food, health, safety or transportation without picking this up for a quote or a reference; it is going to be an essential tool.”
David Naugle wins the 2011 Secretary of Agriculture's Honor Award
On Wednesday, September 14th, 2011, David Naugle, Science Advisor to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Professor in the Wildlife Biology Program at the University of Montana, received the 2011 Secretary of Agriculture's Honor Award. The Secretary's Honor Award is the most prestigious award given by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack formally recognized NRCS's Sage Grouse Initiative Team "for exemplary leadership in developing and implementing NRCS's new and exciting Sage-Grouse Initiative, a spatially targeted, landscape scale approach to achieving world-class wildlife conservation through sustainable ranching".
Dominick DellaSala discusses the Tongass Rainforest
Island Press has partnered with the Smithsonian Institution for a Greening Greate Washington Seminar featuring Island Press author Timothy Beatley, author of Biophilic Cities, and Christopher Leinberger, author of The Option of Urbanism.
New report by Island Press authors in Science details “Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth”
James Estes and John Terborgh, co-editors of Trophic Cascades,describe the massive detrimental effects the removal of top predators has on global ecosystem functions.
"In
Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change, Peter Calthorpe makes a concise and thorough case for urbanism as an essential part of any strategy to combat global climate change and resource depletion." - Planning
Addressing the small personal choices that individuals can make in order to have a positive effect on the natural world, Jason Czarnezki, a law professor and author of Everday Environmentalism, raises awareness about the environmental effects of everyday life and the roles that government and law can play in shaping consumer decision-making. Read more»
A Guide to Planning Community Character
Lane Kendig provides a guide for incorporating community
character into a comprehensive plan. In addition, this book shows how to use community
character in planning and zoning as a way of making communities more sustainable.
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Restoring Disturbed Landscapes
Two experts who have spent their careers perfecting the
process of soil and land restoration, designed Restoring Disturbed Landscapes for all restoration practitioners who have
responsibility for bringing damaged lands back to productive life. Read more»
Techniques for Making our Coasts Healthier
A critical examination of coastal decisions in the context of the laws, governmental organizations, and interest groups that surround them. Read more»
