Sustainable communities : the potential for eco-neighbourhoods

Content: Part 1. Setting the scene. 1. Conflicting perceptions of neighbourhood / Hugh Barton --
2. Eco-Villages: dream and reality / Nigel Taylor --
3. Unsustainable settlements / Dominic Stead --
Part 2. Rethinking the neighbourhood option. 4. Do neighbourhoods matter? / Hugh Barton --
5. Innovatie eco-neighbourhood projects / Hugh Barton and Deborah Kleiner --
6. The neighbourhood as ecosystem / Hugh Barton --
7. Urban form and locality / Hugh Barton --
8. The design of neighbourhoods / Hugh Barton --
Part 3. Community and subsidiarity. 9. Design for living: The challenge of sustainable communities / Alison Gilchrist --
10. Leading from below: the contribution of cummunity-based initiatives / Jannet Rowe and Celia Robbins --
11. Community governance / Murray Stewart --
Part 4. Managing resources locally. 12. The community energy utility / Trevor Houghton --
13. The food producing neighbourhood / Rob Hopkins --
14. Planning local movement systems / Tony Hathway --
15. Community safety and actual neighbourhoods / Henry Shaftoe --
16. Towards sustainable communities / Hugh Barton --
Appendix 1: Survey of eco-neighbourhoods world-wide / Deborah Kleiner and Hugh Barton --
Appendix 2: Case studies of eco-neighbourhoods / Deborah Kleiner.