The Environmental Planning Handbook for Sustainable Communities and Regions.(Book review)

The Environmental Planning Handbook for Sustainable Communities and Regions

Tom Daniels and Katherine Daniels. 2003. Chicago: APA Planners Press. 524 pp. ISBN 1-884829-66-X. hc US$74.95

This is a massive and comprehensive handbook that is remarkable in a couple of ways. First, it is a family affair: the authors are apparently married (yes, to each other), and their son Ethan did many of the graphics for the book. Second, it is a refreshing and useful piece of work at a time when it seems like there is relatively little good news in this field coming out of the US.

Published by the American Planning Association, this handbook is intended for public sector planners, private planning consultants, developers, politicians, …