Farr, Douglas <br/><br/>
Sustainable nation :    urban design patterns for the future / 
Douglas Farr. 
 - Hoboken, New Jersey :    John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,  c2018 
 - xix, 375 pages :   illustrations (some color) ;   29 cm 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Our default world -- Our preferred future -- Theory of change -- The practice of change -- Epilogue.<br/> 
<br/><br/> "From bestselling author Douglas Farr comes sustainable nation: urban design patterns for the future. His first book, sustainable urbanism: urban design with design with nature, helped shift the focus of urban sustainability from the stand-alone building to the high-performance neighborhood. Given the urgency of the many challenges that society now faces, sustainable nation hopes to accomplish an even more dramatic shift to focus on how long change takes and the many ways to drive change faster than ever before. The book posits that society can overcome our major challenges around decarbonization in four generations: the lifetime of a child born today. Sustainable nation: urban design patterns for the future presents in four parts: our default world: an infographic snapshots of today that triggers empathy; our preferred future: fictional short stories and timelines that evoke a preferred future; theory of change: a sobering deep dive into how long change takes and an ultimately hopeful cataloging of how to speed it up; and patterns of change: immediately actionable guidance from development experts on how groups of people, not affiliated with government, can accelerate desired neighborhood and professional change. Readers will find that this book:<br/>Provides an understanding of the future of urban trends and design; Recognizes that to address climate change, one must overcome irrational quirks of the human brain (heuristic) through framing, nudges, and by restitching our torn social fabric;<br/>Challenges culture by providing practitioners, students, and local actors with urban design patterns that can be immediately applied to guide the betterment of neighborhoods. Sustainable nation seeks to shift the sustainability conversation towards the issues of how to change faster than ever before. It is an ideal guidebook for urban designers, planners, policymakers, architects, engaged stakeholders, and anyone who is eager to make a positive impact on our- and our descendants’- building, cities, and lives."--Back cover<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780470537176 (cloth) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2017024943 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sustainable urban development<br/>City planning--Environmental aspects<br/>Urban ecology (Sociology)<br/>Urban health
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HT241   / F24 2018