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How do you design a community to be both livable and sustainable? More importantly, how do you know if that design really worked? Harrison Fraker goes beyond abstract principles, providing a clear evaluation of the first-generation of sustainable neighborhoods. Using concrete performance data to gage successes and failures, he presents a holistic model based on best practices.

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""Fraker's book, replete with practical wisdom and compelling examples of strategic sustainability strategies validated by performance data, explores the efforts of four district-scale urban communities to achieve low-carbon and low energy goals using an integrated approach similar to the EcoBlock concept.""-- ""Journal of Planning Literature"" ""This book is definitely a must-read for students interested in following the LEED path...One of the biggest learning lessons are the public-private funding partnerships that were formed to build these sustainable neighborhoods and the involvement of the residents to measure and implement these changes."" -- ""Journal of Planning Education and Research"" ""...narrowly focused, using four European case studies to dig into the specifics of several low-carbon urban design projects....we should appreciate his effort to translate European lessons to messy American cities."" -- ""ASLA's The Dirt blog"" ""If you've been waiting for a book about sustainable neighborhoods with more tables and diagrams and system-by-system analyses than rhetoric, it's here..."" -- ""Planning"" ""In all, the book was unfailing in its ability to map down to the finest detail the way these four cities operated, and process that information into relevancy for a North American context. While others are talking about this, The Hidden Potential For Sustainable Neighborhoods is the first book I have seen to break it down in such accessible detail."" -- ""Spacing"" ""Wiser, more determined environmental stewardship will, of necessity, be part of all of our futures. An excellent way to get beyond the rhetoric of sustainability and to actually get started is to read this compelling book about those who already have and the places they are building."" --Alex Krieger ""Professor of Urban Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design"" ""A handful of color photographs illustrate this excellent and insightful resource, highly recommended especially for urban and suburban planners with an eye toward long-term sustainable design."" -- ""Midwest Book Review"" ""As our world faces increased urbanization and climatic changes, Fraker explores the critical role of urban design and integrated, systems approaches for realizing low-carbon, resilient, socially and environmentally enriched built environments. He does a masterful job of examining case studies and exposing lessons learned as a model for future neighborhood development worldwide."" --Edward Mazria ""Founder/CEO, Architecture 2030"" ""This book shows how to take full ecological advantage of the neighborhood, which has proven such a resilient and universal digit of urbanism. The design savvy and elegance brought to life in these four case studies weds state-of-the-art architecture, engineering, and urban design. No one is better suited to accomplish this than Harrison Fraker, with his illustrious career of research and practice in energy-conscious and sustainable design."" --Douglas Kelbaugh ""Professor and Dean Emeritus of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan""

Fraker's book, replete with practical wisdom and compelling examples of strategic sustainability strategies validated by performance data, explores the efforts of four district-scale urban communities to achieve low-carbon and low energy goals using an integrated approach similar to the EcoBlock concept. --Journal of Planning Literature This book is definitely a must-read for students interested in following the LEED path...One of the biggest learning lessons are the public-private funding partnerships that were formed to build these sustainable neighborhoods and the involvement of the residents to measure and implement these changes. --Journal of Planning Education and Research In all, the book was unfailing in its ability to map down to the finest detail the way these four cities operated, and process that information into relevancy for a North American context. While others are talking about this, The Hidden Potential For Sustainable Neighborhoods is the first book I have seen to break it down in such accessible detail. --Spacing If you've been waiting for a book about sustainable neighborhoods with more tables and diagrams and system-by-system analyses than rhetoric, it's here... --Planning .. .narrowly focused, using four European case studies to dig into the specifics of several low-carbon urban design projects....we should appreciate his effort to translate European lessons to messy American cities. --ASLA's The Dirt blog A handful of color photographs illustrate this excellent and insightful resource, highly recommended especially for urban and suburban planners with an eye toward long-term sustainable design. --Midwest Book Review This book shows how to take full ecological advantage of the neighborhood, which has proven such a resilient and universal digit of urbanism. The design savvy and elegance brought to life in these four case studies weds state-of-the-art architecture, engineering, and urban design. No one is better suited to accomplish this than Harrison Fraker, with his illustrious career of research and practice in energy-conscious and sustainable design. --Douglas Kelbaugh Professor and Dean Emeritus of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan Wiser, more determined environmental stewardship will, of necessity, be part of all of our futures. An excellent way to get beyond the rhetoric of sustainability and to actually get started is to read this compelling book about those who already have and the places they are building. --Alex Krieger Professor of Urban Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design As our world faces increased urbanization and climatic changes, Fraker explores the critical role of urban design and integrated, systems approaches for realizing low-carbon, resilient, socially and environmentally enriched built environments. He does a masterful job of examining case studies and exposing lessons learned as a model for future neighborhood development worldwide. --Edward Mazria Founder/CEO, Architecture 2030

This book shows how to take full ecological advantage of the neighborhood, which has proven such a resilient and universal digit of urbanism. The design savvy and elegance brought to life in these four case studies weds state-of-the-art architecture, engineering, and urban design. No one is better suited to accomplish this than Harrison Fraker, with his illustrious career of research and practice in energy-conscious and sustainable design. --Douglas Kelbaugh chigan

Fraker's book, replete with practical wisdom and compelling examples of strategic sustainability strategies validated by performance data, explores the efforts of four district-scale urban communities to achieve low-carbon and low energy goals using an integrated approach similar to the EcoBlock concept. --Journal of Planning Literature This book is definitely a must-read for students interested in following the LEED path...One of the biggest learning lessons are the public-private funding partnerships that were formed to build these sustainable neighborhoods and the involvement of the residents to measure and implement these changes. --Journal of Planning Education and Research .. .narrowly focused, using four European case studies to dig into the specifics of several low-carbon urban design projects....we should appreciate his effort to translate European lessons to messy American cities. --ASLA's The Dirt blog In all, the book was unfailing in its ability to map down to the finest detail the way these four cities operated, and process that information into relevancy for a North American context. While others are talking about this, The Hidden Potential For Sustainable Neighborhoods is the first book I have seen to break it down in such accessible detail. --Spacing If you've been waiting for a book about sustainable neighborhoods with more tables and diagrams and system-by-system analyses than rhetoric, it's here... --Planning A handful of color photographs illustrate this excellent and insightful resource, highly recommended especially for urban and suburban planners with an eye toward long-term sustainable design. --Midwest Book Review This book shows how to take full ecological advantage of the neighborhood, which has proven such a resilient and universal digit of urbanism. The design savvy and elegance brought to life in these four case studies weds state-of-the-art architecture, engineering, and urban design. No one is better suited to accomplish this than Harrison Fraker, with his illustrious career of research and practice in energy-conscious and sustainable design. --Douglas Kelbaugh Professor and Dean Emeritus of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan As our world faces increased urbanization and climatic changes, Fraker explores the critical role of urban design and integrated, systems approaches for realizing low-carbon, resilient, socially and environmentally enriched built environments. He does a masterful job of examining case studies and exposing lessons learned as a model for future neighborhood development worldwide. --Edward Mazria Founder/CEO, Architecture 2030 Wiser, more determined environmental stewardship will, of necessity, be part of all of our futures. An excellent way to get beyond the rhetoric of sustainability and to actually get started is to read this compelling book about those who already have and the places they are building. --Alex Krieger Professor of Urban Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design

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Harrison S. Fraker is Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, and former Dean of the School of Architecture, at the University of California, Berkeley.

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