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Meaningful places offer a vital counterbalance to the forces of globalization and sameness that are overtaking our world, and are an essential element in the search for solutions to current sustainability challenges. In Native to Nowhere, author Tim Beatley draws on extensive research and travel to communities across North America and Europe to offer a practical examination of the concepts of place and place-building in contemporary life. He reviews the many current challenges to place, considers trends and factors that have undermined place commitments, and discusses in detail a number of innovative ideas and compelling visions for strengthening place. Native to Nowhere brings together a wide range of new ideas and insights about sustainability and community, and introduces readers to a host of innovative projects and initiatives. It is a compelling source of information and ideas for anyone seeking to resist place homogenization and build upon the unique qualities of their local environment and community.

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The first time through we came like a plague of locusts. Tim Beatley thinks we can do better, building great communities and prosperous economies. This is the second American Revolution! --David W. Orr author of The Last Refuge and Earth in Mind

In Native to Nowhere, Tim Beatley offers a cornucopia of proven strategies to achieve more livable and ecological cities, expanding on his earlier landmark book, Green Urbanism. Beatley is becoming the high priest of sustainable urban design. --Rutherford H. Platt, Director of The Ecological Cities Project, University of Massachusetts Amherst

In Native to Nowhere, Tim Beatley offers a cornucopia of proven strategies to achieve more livable and ecological cities, expanding on his earlier landmark book, Green Urbanism. Beatley is becoming the high priest of sustainable urban design. --Rutherford H. Platt Director of The Ecological Cities Project, University of Massachusetts Amherst The first time through we came like a plague of locusts. Tim Beatley thinks we can do better, building great communities and prosperous economies. This is the second American Revolution! --David W. Orr, author of The Last Refuge and Earth in Mind In Native to Nowhere, Tim Beatley offers a cornucopia of proven strategies to achieve more livable and ecological cities, expanding on his earlier landmark book, Green Urbanism. Beatley is becoming the high priest of sustainable urban design. --Rutherford H. Platt, Director of The Ecological Cities Project, University of Massachusetts Amherst In Native to Nowhere , Tim Beatley offers a cornucopia of proven strategies to achieve more livable and ecological cities, expanding on his earlier landmark book, Green Urbanism . Beatley is becoming the high priest of sustainable urban design. --Rutherford H. Platt Director of The Ecological Cities Project, University of Massachusetts Amherst

In Native to Nowhere , Tim Beatley offers a cornucopia of proven strategies to achieve more livable and ecological cities, expanding on his earlier landmark book, Green Urbanism . Beatley is becoming the high priest of sustainable urban design. --Rutherford H. Platt Director of The Ecological Cities Project, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Timothy Beatley is Teresa Heinz professor of Sustainable Communities at University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. His books include An Introduction to Coastal Zone Management (Island Press, 1994; 2nd ed., 2002), The Ecology of Place (Island Press, 1997), and Green Urbanism (Island Press, 2000).

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