Book Review: The Most Sustainable Communities Are the Ones Already Built

摘要

Sustainable and Resilient Communities: A Comprehensive Action Plan for Towns, Cities and Regions by Stephen Coyle, AIA, LEED AP, CNU is an insightful and well-thought-out manual for municipalities in need of some soul-searching into their planning methodology. A co-founder of the National Charrette Institute with more than 30 years of architecture, plan- ning, and urban design experience, Coyle delivers a literary piece providing detailed insight on a planning process that is economically viable and environmentally focused. Yet I found the preservationist within me asking one question over and over-what about the historic buildings and neighborhoods? As a society we cannot develop sustainable and resilient communities without drawing upon, learning from, and referencing the historic nuclei found within every community.