Cooperating with Nature: Confronting Natural Hazards with Land-Use Planning for Sustainable Communities

by Raymond J. Burby

This volume focuses on the breakdown in sustainability--the capacity of the planet to provide quality of life now and in the future--that is signaled by disaster. The authors bring to light why land use and sustainability have been ignored in devising public policies to deal with natural hazards. They lay out a vision of sustainability, concrete suggestions for policy reform, and procedures for planning. The book chronicles the long evolution of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309063620
• ISBN13: 9780309063623
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Joseph Henry Press
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"