The ultimate step-by-step guidebook for implementing a comprehensive "green action plan" for cities small and large.

By Stephen Coyle with Daniel Dunigan

Many of today's communities face an uphill struggle to attain self-sufficiency in an era beleaguered by shortages in governmental funding, skyrocketing oil prices, and rapid shifts in demographics and lifestyles. This step-by-step guidebook for urban planners, urban designers, public officials, and sustainability advocates explains how to create and implement a "green action plan" to reclaim your neighborhood, community, or region by making them more environmentally healthy and economically resilient.