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Cover -- Original Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables, Figures, and Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1. Urban Growth -- 1. A Perspective on Suburban Expansion and Metropolitan Development -- 2. Is There a Need to Contain Growth? -- 3. The Challenges of Smart Growth: The San Diego Case -- Part 2. Metropolitan Administration -- 4. The Role of County Governments in Metropolitan Administration: A Study of the St. Louis MSA -- 5. Regional Governance and Sustainability: The Case of Vancouver

What is a livable community? How do you design and develop one? What does government at all levels need to do to support and nurture the cause of livable communities? Using a blend of theory and practice, the second edition of Community Livability addresses evidence from international, state and local perspectives to explore what is meant by the term "livable communities." The second edition contains new chapters from leading academics and practitioners that examine the various factors that constitute a livable community (e.g., the influence and importance of transportation options/alternatives to the elderly, the importance of walkability as a factor in developing a livable and healthy community, the importance of good open space providing for human activity and health, restorative benefits, etc., the importance of coordinated land use and transportation planning), and the relationship between livability and quality of life. A number of chapters focus on livable communities with case studies from an international perspective in the USA, Canada, Australia, Peru, Sweden, South Korea, Japan, and Austria