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EcoCities, by Richard Register, is about rebuilding cities and towns based on ecological principles for the long term sustainability, cultural vitality, and health of the Earth's biosphere. The book's insight is unique and asserts that the form of the city really matters — and that we have the ability and responsibility to change. Further, it asserts that the ecocity, within its bioregion, is comprehensible and doable. Ecocities can produce a healthy and potentially happy future.

EcoCities describes the place of the city in evolution, nature, and history. It pays special attention to the key questions of accessibility and transportation, and it outlines design principles for the ecocity. The reader is encouraged to delve into the economics and politics of the issue, and the kinds of business, planning, and leadership required. The book then outlines the tools by which a gradual transition to the ecocity could be accomplished. This new edition is generously illustrated with the author's own inspired visions of what such rebuilt cities might actually look like.

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