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Curating the Future

Author : Jennifer Newell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317217950
Total Pages : 603 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Curating the Future written by Jennifer Newell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curating the Future: Museums, Communities and Climate Change explores the way museums tackle the broad global issue of climate change. It explores the power of real objects and collections to stir hearts and minds, to engage communities affected by change. Museums work through exhibitions, events, and specific collection projects to reach different communities in different ways. The book emphasises the moral responsibilities of museums to address climate change, not just by communicating science but also by enabling people already affected by changes to find their own ways of living with global warming. There are museums of natural history, of art and of social history. The focus of this book is the museum communities, like those in the Pacific, who have to find new ways to express their culture in a new place. The book considers how collections in museums might help future generations stay in touch with their culture, even where they have left their place. It asks what should the people of the present be collecting for museums in a climate-changed future? The book is rich with practical museum experience and detailed projects, as well as critical and philosophical analyses about where a museum can intervene to speak to this great conundrum of our times. Curating the Future is essential reading for all those working in museums and grappling with how to talk about climate change. It also has academic applications in courses of museology and museum studies, cultural studies, heritage studies, digital humanities, design, anthropology, and environmental humanities.

Future Scenarios

Author : David Holmgren
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603582061
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Future Scenarios written by David Holmgren and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-04 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Future Scenarios, permaculture co-originator and leading sustainability innovator David Holmgren outlines four scenarios that bring to life the likely cultural, political, agricultural, and economic implications of peak oil and climate change, and the generations-long era of “energy descent” that faces us. “Scenario planning,” Holmgren explains, “allows us to use stories about the future as a reference point for imagining how particular strategies and structures might thrive, fail, or be transformed.” Future Scenarios depicts four very different futures. Each is a permutation of mild or destructive climate change, combined with either slow or severe energy declines. Probable futures, explains Holmgren, range from the relatively benign Green Tech scenario to the near catastrophic Lifeboats scenario. As Adam Grubb, founder of the influential Energy Bulletin website, says, “These aren’t two-dimensional nightmarish scenarios designed to scare people into environmental action. They are compellingly fleshed-out visions of quite plausible alternative futures, which delve into energy, politics, agriculture, social, and even spiritual trends. What they do help make clear are the best strategies for preparing for and adapting to these possible futures.” Future Scenarios provides brilliant and balanced consideration of the world’s options and will prove to be one of the most important books of the year.

Building Community

Author : James S. Gruber
Publisher : New Society Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1550927256
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Building Community written by James S. Gruber and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An easy-to-use guide for local leaders working to engage their community in growing a more equitable, healthy, and sustainable future Building Community is the easy-to-use guide that distills the success of healthy thriving communities from around the world into twelve universally applicable principles that transcend cultures and locations. Exploring how community building can be approached by local citizens and their local leaders, Building Community features: A chapter on each of the 12 Guiding Principles, based on research in 27 countries Over 30 knowledgeable contributing author-practitioners Critical practical leadership tools Notes from the field – with practical dos and don'ts A wealth of 25 case studies of communities that have learned to thrive, including towns and villages, inner-city neighborhoods, Indigenous groups, nonprofits, women's empowerment groups, and a school, business, and faith community. Building Community is essential reading for community leaders, activists, planners, policy makers, and students looking to help their communities thrive. Strong local communities are the foundation of a healthy, participatory, and resilient society. Rather than looking to national governments, corporations, or new technologies to solve environmental and social problems, we can learn and apply the successes of thriving communities to protect the environment, enhance local livelihood, and grow social vitality.

Cities and Communities Beyond COVID-19

Author : Hambleton, Robin
Publisher : Bristol University Press
ISBN 13 : 1529215854
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (292 download)

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Download or read book Cities and Communities Beyond COVID-19 written by Hambleton, Robin and published by Bristol University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-16 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The COVID-19 virus outbreak has rocked the world and it is widely accepted that there can be no return to the pre-pandemic society of 2019. However, many suggestions for the future of society and the planet are aimed at national governments, international bodies and society in general. Drawing on a decade of research by an internationally renowned expert, this book focuses on how cities and communities can lead the way in developing recovery strategies that promote social, economic and environmental justice. It offers new thinking tools for civic leaders and activists as well as practical suggestions on how we can co-create a more inclusive post COVID-19 future for us all.

Future Search

Author : Marvin Ross Weisbord
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1605094293
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Future Search written by Marvin Ross Weisbord and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2010-10-11 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an extensively revised and expanded edition of the classic, definitive, bestselling book on Future Search, which is one of most powerful methods for changing and improving all types of organizations and communities. If you want to do strategic planning, product innovation, quality improvement, organizational restructuring, or any other major change in a participative, whole system way, this book is your guide.

A Shared Future

Author : Christopher Herbert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781727435559
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book A Shared Future written by Christopher Herbert and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Inventing Future Cities

Author : Michael Batty
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262349906
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Inventing Future Cities written by Michael Batty and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-12-11 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How we can invent—but not predict—the future of cities. We cannot predict future cities, but we can invent them. Cities are largely unpredictable because they are complex systems that are more like organisms than machines. Neither the laws of economics nor the laws of mechanics apply; cities are the product of countless individual and collective decisions that do not conform to any grand plan. They are the product of our inventions; they evolve. In Inventing Future Cities, Michael Batty explores what we need to understand about cities in order to invent their future. Batty outlines certain themes—principles—that apply to all cities. He investigates not the invention of artifacts but inventive processes. Today form is becoming ever more divorced from function; information networks now shape the traditional functions of cities as places of exchange and innovation. By the end of this century, most of the world's population will live in cities, large or small, sometimes contiguous, and always connected; in an urbanized world, it will be increasingly difficult to define a city by its physical boundaries. Batty discusses the coming great transition from a world with few cities to a world of all cities; argues that future cities will be defined as clusters in a hierarchy; describes the future “high-frequency,” real-time streaming city; considers urban sprawl and urban renewal; and maps the waves of technological change, which grow ever more intense and lead to continuous innovation—an unending process of creative destruction out of which future cities will emerge.

Just and Lasting Change

Author : Daniel C. Taylor
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421419475
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Just and Lasting Change written by Daniel C. Taylor and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from leading international experts in community-based development and public health, Just and Lasting Change offers a hopeful description of how people have made a difference in diverse communities around the world and a practical, accessible handbook for those trying to improve the quality of life in underdeveloped communities everywhere.

The Past and Future City

Author : Stephanie Meeks
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 161091709X
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book The Past and Future City written by Stephanie Meeks and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At its most basic, historic preservation is about keeping old places alive, in active use, and relevant to the needs of communities today. As cities across America experience a remarkable renaissance, and more and more young, diverse families choose to live, work, and play in historic neighborhoods, the promise and potential of using our older and historic buildings to revitalize our cities is stronger than ever. This urban resurgence is a national phenomenon, boosting cities from Cleveland to Buffalo and Portland to Pittsburgh. Experts offer a range of theories on what is driving the return to the city—from the impact of the recent housing crisis to a desire to be socially engaged, live near work, and reduce automobile use. But there’s also more to it. Time and again, when asked why they moved to the city, people talk about the desire to live somewhere distinctive, to be some place rather than no place. Often these distinguishing urban landmarks are exciting neighborhoods—Miami boasts its Art Deco district, New Orleans the French Quarter. Sometimes, as in the case of Baltimore’s historic rowhouses, the most distinguishing feature is the urban fabric itself. While many aspects of this urban resurgence are a cause for celebration, the changes have also brought to the forefront issues of access, affordable housing, inequality, sustainability, and how we should commemorate difficult history. This book speaks directly to all of these issues. In The Past and Future City, Stephanie Meeks, the president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, describes in detail, and with unique empirical research, the many ways that saving and restoring historic fabric can help a city create thriving neighborhoods, good jobs, and a vibrant economy. She explains the critical importance of preservation for all our communities, the ways the historic preservation field has evolved to embrace the challenges of the twenty-first century, and the innovative work being done in the preservation space now. This book is for anyone who cares about cities, places, and saving America’s diverse stories, in a way that will bring us together and help us better understand our past, present, and future.

Developing Communities for the Future 5ed

Author : Susan Kenny
Publisher : Cengage AU
ISBN 13 : 0170254712
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Developing Communities for the Future 5ed written by Susan Kenny and published by Cengage AU. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developing Communities for the Future provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory, processes and practices of community development. It offers insights into the challenges and dilemmas of this demanding field and considers the ways in which it can empower citizens. Engaging case studies illustrate how community development practitioners operate in everyday situations. This new edition highlights cutting-edge issues and new technologies that are influencing practice. It demonstrates the dynamic nature of the field and how practitioners can help communities respond to the current challenges they face.

Epiphany Z

Author : Thomas Frey
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1683500180
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (835 download)

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Download or read book Epiphany Z written by Thomas Frey and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A trend expert predicts what’s next for fields like education and government while sharing how readers can shape their own futures. Epiphany Z is a dynamic approach to envisioning, comprehending, and ultimately thriving in the radically different futures emerging around us at the speed of light. Distilling decades of research, experience, and proven success in correctly identifying and accurately extrapolating today’s trends and innovations into tomorrow’s realities, futurist Thomas Frey gives you an advance ticket to the most explosive period of change in all of human history. Frey’s unparalleled ability to detect emerging trends from the smallest of clues gives him an edge on other futurists. Now he’s sharing the edge with you! · What are tomorrow’s hottest industries? · What huge industries of today are doomed to extinction? · How will our lives be changed by advancements in robotics, in drone technology, and in manufacturing and transportation? · How can education cope with the explosive new world of enhanced information, hyperactive business environments, and unimaginable cultural shifts? · Who will be the masters of tomorrow’s universe—and who will be left behind? · Above all, how can you protect yourself from the most disruptive aspects of the changes sweeping your way—as well as become one of the masters of these changes? Those changes are taking place now. Thomas Frey shows where they will be taking all of us tomorrow and offers a roadmap for the future.

Preparing for a World that Doesn't Exist - Yet

Author : Rick Smyre
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785354523
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Preparing for a World that Doesn't Exist - Yet written by Rick Smyre and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-25 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you really ready for change? Are you prepared for a world changing as fast as you can read this sentence? Most leaders say they are prepared for the future, yet many organizations and communities are doing things in the same old way they’ve been working for decades. We’re living on the precipice of a new era in human history. Preparing For A World That Doesn’t Exist - Yet offers an approach to getting ready for an emerging society that will be increasingly fast paced, interconnected, interdependent, and complex. In Preparing For A World That Doesn’t Exist - Yet, you will learn about an emerging Second Enlightenment and the capacities you’ll need to achieve success in this new, fast-evolving world. Higher education, health and wellness, governance and the economy are transforming in ways few of us could have imagined ten or even five years ago. In this book, you’ll get the skills you need to ride the wave of the future and the perspective you’ll need to be ready to catch the next wave, too. Planners, physicians, government and higher-education leaders are using the principles and capacities described in this book to create better organizations, and best of all communities of the future that will lead to a planet that can thrive. Join them in looking at the future with excitement and anticipation.

Camphill and the Future

Author : Dan McKanan
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520344081
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Camphill and the Future written by Dan McKanan and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. The Camphill movement, one of the world’s largest and most enduring networks of intentional communities, deserves both recognition and study. Founded in Scotland at the beginning of the Second World War, Camphill communities still thrive today, encompassing thousands of people living in more than one hundred twenty schools, villages, and urban neighborhoods on four continents. Camphillers of all abilities share daily work, family life, and festive celebrations with one another and their neighbors. Unlike movements that reject mainstream society, Camphill expressly seeks to be “a seed of social renewal” by evolving along with society to promote the full inclusion and empowerment of persons with disabilities, who comprise nearly half of their residents. In this multifaceted exploration of Camphill, Dan McKanan traces the complexities of the movement’s history, envisions its possible future, and invites ongoing dialogue between the fields of disability studies and communal studies.

Balancing Nature and Commerce in Gateway Communities

Author : Jim Howe
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1597268380
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (972 download)

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Download or read book Balancing Nature and Commerce in Gateway Communities written by Jim Howe and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-06-22 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing numbers of Americans are fleeing cities and suburbs for the small towns and open spaces that surround national and state parks, wildlife refuges, historic sites, and other public lands. With their scenic beauty and high quality of life, these "gateway communities" have become a magnet for those looking to escape the congestion and fast tempo of contemporary American society. Yet without savvy planning, gateway communities could easily meet the same fate as the suburban communities that were the promised land of an earlier generation. This volume can help prevent that from happening. The authors offer practical and proven lessons on how residents of gateway communities can protect their community's identity while stimulating a healthy economy and safeguarding nearby natural and historic resources. They describe economic development strategies, land-use planning processes, and conservation tools that communities from all over the country have found effective. Each strategy or process is explained with specific examples, and numerous profiles and case studies clearly demonstrate how different communities have coped with the challenges of growth and development. Among the cities profiled are Boulder, Colorado; Townsend and Pittman Center Tennessee; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Tyrrell County, North Carolina; Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Sanibel Island, Florida; Calvert County, Maryland; Tuscon, Arizona; and Mount Desert Island, Maine. Balancing Nature and Commerce in Gateway Communities provides important lessons in how to preserve the character and integrity of communities and landscapes without sacrificing local economic well-being. It is an important resource for planners, developers, local officials, and concerned citizens working to retain the high quality of life and natural beauty of these cities and towns.

Biophilic Urbanism

Author : Phillip James Tabb
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000297225
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Biophilic Urbanism written by Phillip James Tabb and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-20 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biophilic Urbanism provides readers with the tools to create more nature-based urban environments that are climate positive, sustainable, and healthy. The principles of biophilia are intended to support appreciation and direct engagement with nature, to responsibly utilize on-site natural resources, and to plan according to climatic conditions and local ecological processes. It seeks to create resilient and equitable human places capable of providing critical life-support functions and a strong sense of community, and to foster experiences that raise the human spirit creating a sense of awe. Twenty-five pattern attributes are defined and explored, each of which contributes to these goals. Because of the dire necessity to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, Biophilic Urbanism includes discussion of our need for connections, both to nature and one another, and the physical characteristics of cities and buildings relative to the contagious qualities of the air-borne virus. Case studies, found throughout the world, are presented illustrating detailed biophilic planning and design strategies. The book will be of use to practitioners and students in the fields of natural and social sciences, behavioral science and psychology, environmental engineering, health and wellness professionals, architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture, and planning.

Gray to Green Communities

Author : Dana Bourland
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 164283128X
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (428 download)

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Download or read book Gray to Green Communities written by Dana Bourland and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2021-01-19 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: US cities are faced with the joint challenge of our climate crisis and the lack of housing that is affordable and healthy. Our housing stock contributes significantly to the changing climate, with residential buildings accounting for 20 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. US housing is not only unhealthy for the planet, it is putting the physical and financial health of residents at risk. Our housing system means that a renter working 40 hours a week and earning minimum wage cannot afford a two-bedroom apartment in any US county. In Gray to Green Communities, green affordable housing expert Dana Bourland argues that we need to move away from a gray housing model to a green model, which considers the health and well-being of residents, their communities, and the planet. She demonstrates that we do not have to choose between protecting our planet and providing housing affordable to all. Bourland draws from her experience leading the Green Communities Program at Enterprise Community Partners, a national community development intermediary. Her work resulted in the first standard for green affordable housing which was designed to deliver measurable health, economic, and environmental benefits. The book opens with the potential of green affordable housing, followed by the problems that it is helping to solve, challenges in the approach that need to be overcome, and recommendations for the future of green affordable housing. Gray to Green Communities brings together the stories of those who benefit from living in green affordable housing and examples of Green Communities’ developments from across the country. Bourland posits that over the next decade we can deliver on the human right to housing while reaching a level of carbon emissions reductions agreed upon by scientists and demanded by youth. Gray to Green Communities will empower and inspire anyone interested in the future of housing and our planet.

Smart Communities

Author : Suzanne W. Morse
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118427009
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (184 download)

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Download or read book Smart Communities written by Suzanne W. Morse and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-03-10 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new edition of the acclaimed guide to strategic decision-making in community planning, development, and collaboration Based on the results of more than a decade of research by the Pew Partnership for Civic Change, Smart Communities provides directions for strategic decision-making and outlines the key strategies used by thousands of leaders who have worked to create successful communities. Outlining seven "leverage points" for decision-making used by thousands of leaders who have worked to create successful communities, this new Second Edition offers leaders from both the public and private sectors the tools they need to build a civic infrastructure and create a better future for all the community's citizens. Second Edition has been thoroughly updated with current knowledge and research Covers new developments from current design thinking and strategy literature to innovation and invention in communities Advises on how to create community readiness that will help avert problems before they begin All case vignettes have been revised to include more detailed information about the process and application of the seven leverage points Examples from communities around the country illustrate how these change agents' well-structured decision-making processes can be traced to their effective use of the seven key leverage points Smart Communities offers hope to those who are striving to improve their communities and addresses vital issues such as poverty, race relations, and children's health and welfare.