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"Fifty years after the publication of, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs is perhaps the most widely read urbanist ever. Her ideas contributed to the wholesale transformation of contemporary planning. This book reminds us of the full range and complexity of her work and offers thoughtful critiques on the consequences of her ideas for cities and planning today"--Back cover

Cover -- Half Title -- Copyright -- Title -- Contents -- Foreword -- Funder's Introduction -- Curator's Introduction -- THE GREEN COMMUNITY IN CONTEXT -- The Sustainable City: A Mythical Beast? -- DENSITY AND TRANSPORTATION -- Round, Round, Get Around: Reducing Transportation Burdens in the Green Community -- Introduction to Connectivity -- Creating the Planning and Infrastructure Framework for Mixed Use Mixed Income Transit-Oriented and Urban-Infill Development -- Sustainable Megapolitan: How Large-Scale Urban Development Can Help Green America -- CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION -- Green Communities and the Redefining of Community Wealth -- Finding Common Ground: Historic Preservation and Green Building -- Managing Development to Create Sustainable Communities -- ENERGY AND RESOURCES -- Energy and Communities -- Energy and Community Greening -- The Spillover Effects of Growing Crops for Biofuels -- Green Infrastructure for Blue Urban Watersheds -- Local Sustainable Energy Sources -- LOCAL HEALTH AND GLOBAL HEALTH -- Healthy Communities, Green Communities -- Atlantic Station -- Climate Change and Public Health -- Toward Sitopia -- Food and Community Greening -- The Impact of the Built Environment on Health-The Brain's Stress Response and the Brain-Immune Connection: Implications for Health Care and Urban Design -- CONCLUSION -- Conclusion -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Image Credits and Permissions -- Index.