Nature-Friendly Communities: Habitat Protection And Land Use Planning

by Cara Snyder and Chris Duerksen

Nature-Friendly Communities presents an authoritative and readable overview of the successful approaches to protecting biodiversity and natural areas in America's growing communities. Addressing the crucial issues of sprawl, open space, and political realities, Chris Duerksen and Cara Snyder explain the most effective steps that communities can take to protect nature. The book: documents the broad range of benefits, including economic impacts, resulting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559635932
• ISBN13: 9781559635936
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 421 Pages
• Weight: 2.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 8.5" x 10.0"