Green Community

The health of our planet and ourselves depends on how we plan, design, and construct the world between our buildings. Our increasing dependence on fossil fuels over the last century has given us unprecedented individual mobility and comfort, but the consequences are clear. Climate change, sprawl, and reliance on foreign oil are just a few of the challenges we face in designing new-and adapting existing-communities to be greener. Based on the National Building Museum's Green Community exhibition, this book is a collection of thought-provoking essays that illuminate the connections among personal health, community health, and our planet's health. Green Community brings together diverse experts, each of whom has a unique approach to sustainable planning, design, politics, and construction.

Foreword	p. vi
Funder's Introduction	p. viii
Curator's Introduction	p. x
The Green Community in Context
The Sustainable City: A Mythical Beast?	p. 2
Density and Transportation
Round, Round, Get Around: Reducing Transportation Burdens in the Green Community	p. 14
Introduction to Connectivity	p. 24
Creating the Planning and Infrastructure Framework for Mixed Use Mixed income Transit-Oriented and Urban-Infill Development	p. 36
Sustainable Megapolitan: How Large-Scale Urban Development Can Help Green America	p. 44
Conservation and Preservation
Green Communities and the Redefining of Community Wealth	p. 56
Finding Common Ground: Historic Preservation and Green Building	p. 64
Managing Development to Create Sustainable Communities	p. 70
Energy and Resources
Energy and Communities	p. 78
Energy and Community Greening	p. 83
The Spillover Effects of Growing Crops for Biofuels	p. 88
Green Infrastructure for Blue Urban Watersheds	p. 96
Local Sustainable Energy Sources	p. 104
Local Health and Global Health
Healthy Communities, Green Communities	p. 118
Atlantic Station	p. 121
Climate Change and Public Health	p. 126
Toward Sitopia	p. 134
Food and Community Greening	p. 137
The Impact of the Built Environment on Health–The Brain's Stress Response and the Brain-Immune Connection: Implications for Heath Care and Urban Design	p. 144
Conclusion
Conclusion	p. 154
Contributors	p. 160
Acknowledgments	p. 164
Image Credits and Permissions	p. 165
Index	p. 166
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