Subjects:  1. Environmental aspects    2. Life Sciences - Ecology    3. Offshore gas industry    4. Offshore oil industry    5. Power Resources    6. Science    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Technology    9. Biogeochemistry    10. Environmental Management    11. Marine Ecology    12. Marine Pollution   

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Make that 3 1/2 stars
Actually, I would have given "Making Your Move" 4 stars had I found the descriptions of the individual towns more interesting.But, what I did find was a witty style of writing, some laugh-out-loud moments, and some very down-to-earth advice on the pearls and perils of small-town life.One might apply Norm's smart and insightful guidelines to just about any sparsely populated area in the quest for new habitation.So even though his selections failed to fire me up, they did make me realize that I may not be cut out for small-town living after all.And that, in itself, is worth far more than the price of a book.Thanks, Norm, and make that four stars.
Part of the story
This book is a good place to start if you're thinking of moving to a town of 15,000 or less. It will point you to many interesting communities. However, having used his previous book to guide my last move, and as a resident of one of the towns highlighted in this book (Grinnell), I can honestly say that data only carries you so far. Crampton could provide readers with a great benefit by lengthening the amount of description and flavor for each town. In particular, one key element missing is the 'dynamic' of a town: is it progressive? conservative? excited about education? quick to vote down taxes and bonds? These elements form the 'culture' of a small town, and believe me, the culture of a small town will be *very* important to you!

A good guide to start
As a resident of one of the 120 "best small towns" recommended by Norman Crampton, I was delighted to see Silver City on the list. Read more

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Census And General Statistics    3. Cities and towns    4. Environmental Planning And Management    5. Public Policy - Regional Planning    6. Rating    7. Ratings    8. Real Estate - Buying/Selling Homes    9. Statistics    10. Travel    11. United States    12. United States - General    13. Urban-rural migration    14. House maintenance    15. Housing & property for the individual    16. USA   

Subjects:  1. Chemical Engineering Operations    2. Chemistry - General    3. Chemistry - Industrial & Technical    4. Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical    5. Environmental Chemistry    6. Environmental Engineering & Technology    7. Environmental Science    8. Environmental management    9. Industrial applications    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Technology    12. Technology & Industrial Arts    13. Industrial chemistry    14. Science / Chemistry / Technical & Industrial   

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another nicely written elementary text by Manly
Bryan Manly has written several very nice elementary texts on statistical design and methodology for both statisticians and practitioners.He has introduced permutation, bootstrap and Monte Carlo methods in one of his bestselling books.Read more

Subjects:  1. Applied    2. Engineering Statistics    3. Environmental Engineering & Technology    4. Environmental Engineering (General)    5. Environmental Science    6. Environmental management    7. Environmental sciences    8. Mathematics    9. Probability & Statistics - General    10. Science    11. Science/Mathematics    12. Statistical methods    13. Mathematics / Statistics   

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Subjects:  1. Chemical Engineering Operations    2. Chemistry - Industrial & Technical    3. Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical    4. Environmental Chemistry    5. Environmental Economics    6. Environmental Science    7. Environmental management    8. Industrial applications    9. Science    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Technology & Industrial Arts    12. Science / Environmental Science   

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A highly recommended contribution to Environmental Studies
The collective and collaborative effort of Gary K. Meffe (Adjunct Professor, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida), Larry A. Nielsen (Fisheries biologist and Den of the College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State University), Richard L. Knight (Professor of Wildlife Conservation, Colorado State University), and Dennis A. Schenborn (Chief of Planning and Budget for the Bureau of Fisheries Management and Habitat protection of the Wisconsin State Department of Natural Resources), Ecosystem Management: Adaptive, Community- Based Conservation is an intelligently organized, "reader friendly" textbook which is an ideal resource and teaching tool for discusses a wide range of environmental issues including: genetic diversity in ecosystem management, landscape-level conservation, single-species land management, the skill and art of keeping fragile ecosystems in balance; methodology, examples, and mathematical models. An astute presented and detailed college-level text, Ecosystem Management is a welcome and highly recommended contribution to Environmental Studies reference collections in general, and Ecosystem Management curriculum reading lists in particular. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Conservation Of Natural Resources (General)    2. Ecology    3. Ecosystem management    4. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    5. Environmental Science    6. Environmental management    7. Life Sciences - Ecology    8. Life Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems    9. Nature/Ecology    10. Science    11. Conservation of the environment    12. Management of land & natural resources    13. Science / Ecology   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Computer Simulation    4. Decision making    5. Environmental Economics    6. Environmental Science    7. Environmental Studies    8. Environmental management    9. Environmental sciences    10. Natural Resources    11. Public Policy - Environmental Policy    12. Simulation methods    13. Political Science / Regional Planning    14. The Environment   

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Civil    2. Engineering - General    3. Environmental Engineering & Technology    4. Environmental aspects    5. Environmental management    6. Mineral industries    7. Mining    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Environmental impact analysis    12. Technology / Engineering / Civil   

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Interesting as well as Practical Ecology
This is an interesting and articulate book for both the specialist and the general reader who cares about a healthy world.It is of significant practical value while at the same time it presents a coherent background of information on which to base action. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. City planning    3. Conservation Of Natural Resources (General)    4. Effect of human beings on    5. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    6. Environmental Planning And Management    7. Environmental aspects    8. Land use    9. Landscape    10. Nature    11. Planning    12. Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.    13. Architecture / Planning    14. Human ecology    15. Nature / Forests & Forestry    16. Regional & Area Planning   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Environmental Engineering & Technology    3. Environmental law    4. Environmental management    5. Industrial management    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Technology    9. United States   

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A no-nonsense guide to understanding what zoning is
The Complete Guide To Zoning: How Real Estate Owners and Developers Can Create and Preserve Property Value is a no-nonsense guide to understanding what zoning is and how to use it to protect one's property rights and interests. Zoning and Land-Use Law controls what can be done with land and how it can be developed; The Complete Guide To Zoning offers the lay reader a very short course in the law, the importance of knowing what one has, what one wants, and how to get it, the value of creating and leveraging relationships, when to reach out for support, preparing winning applications and making successful presentations, strategies for winning zoning battles, and much more. Chapters give equal focus to pursuing one's desire to develop land commercially, or the desire to see that adjoining lands to one's residential area are not developed commercially. Written in plain terms, The Complete Guide To Zoning is highly accessible regardless of the reader's legal background, and a "must-read" for property owners everywhere.
Great Book
As the Director of Planning and Development for a mid sized city in CT for the last 16 years, I highly reccomend this book. All planners and developers should read it.

A Great Insiders Look at Zoning
The Complete Guide to Zoning
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Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Environmental Planning And Management    4. Land Use    5. Land Utilization    6. Law    7. Public Policy - Regional Planning    8. Real Estate    9. Real Estate - General    10. United States    11. Zoning law    12. Business & Economics / Real Estate    13. Reference   

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. City planning    3. Conservation Of Natural Resources (General)    4. Conservation of natural resources    5. Development - Sustainable Development    6. Environmental    7. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    8. Environmental Planning And Management    9. Environmental aspects    10. Land Use    11. Land subdivision    12. Law    13. Planning    14. Politics/International Relations    15. Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.    16. United States    17. Architecture / Planning    18. City & town planning - architectural aspects    19. Conservation of the environment    20. Environment law    21. Management of land & natural resources    22. Political Science / Public Policy    23. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law   

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Potent ammo against unchecked growth
As a rural resident trying to help my town control predatory developers and manage issues of growth and land use, this book is a potent tool, a fact that is clearly disturbing to some who stand to profit handsomely from sprawl, like the automobile and oil companies, the large-scale construction industries, millionaire developers, automobile manufacturers, and big-box national retailers.
Will We Become a Nation of Renters?
According to an article by Wendell Cox, senior fellow for The Heartland Institute, this book rehashes the tired claims about suburbanization (pejoratively called "urban sprawl") being unnecessarily costly. In fact, however, Sprawl Costs: Economic Impacts of Unchecked Development (by Robert Burchell, Anthony Downs, Barbara McCann, and Sahan Mukheri) relies on prospective data that is soundly refuted by reality.
Sprawl on our wallets
I just heard one of the authors on talk radio out here and must say that I was blown away by the amount of money sprawl costs every year.Just making a list of the items that tap into our tax dollars is staggering: schools, highways, sewers, electricity, water.And if you watch a new housing development going into the desert, this fact is so obvious---much of the bill must be paid by all the rest of us, how else could they afford all those big costs.So I know the argument for sprawl is that if we didn't have it, housing prices would go through the roof.But one sensible point this author made is that with a very limited change in the way we live, would result in a massive savings to our government spending.So I hope people will listen to this message cause it seems to make sense to me.Looking forward to reading the book, and I hope government officials will as well. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Cities and towns    3. Development - Economic Development    4. Economic aspects    5. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    6. Environmental Planning And Management    7. Environmental aspects    8. Growth    9. Land Utilization    10. Landscape    11. Planning    12. Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.    13. Suburbs    14. United States    15. Architecture / Planning    16. Business & Economics / Sustainable Development    17. Development economics    18. The Environment   

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Development - Sustainable Development    3. Environmental management    4. Environmental policy    5. Political Science    6. Politics/International Relations    7. Public Policy - Environmental Policy    8. Public Policy - General    9. Reference    10. Political science & theory    11. The Environment   

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Look closer: Are these model plans REALLY sprawl alternatives?
Check out some of the final subdivision design parameters on page 87. While other reviewers might benefit from the author's justified concern for conserving open space--especially in communities where cookie-cutter style developers 'rule the Board', the end result for some of the plans in this work APPEARS to be large-lot American sprawl, with ecological considerations that don't go far enough. Perhaps Arendt's GROWING GREENER, which I've not seen, will get us closer(?)

More people need to read this book!
What a concept!Rather than trying to get the most acreage per lot, make smaller lots with more shared open space. A must read for every developer, planning board, and zoning commition.Easy to follow examples show how to preserve historic and environmental features while adding to the value of the land that is developed.

Should be a guide for the future of subdivisions!
If we developed land in the manner the author teaches, America would look so much nicer!A very common sense approach to maintain rural character in an area and stop sprawl from destroying your area.Every developer,planner, new home buyer, builder, conservationist and private citizenshould read this and also buy the author's book, "Rural ByDesign". ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Community Development    2. Environmental Planning And Management    3. Environmental Science    4. Environmental Studies    5. Environmental aspects    6. Land subdivision    7. Natural Resources    8. Planned communities    9. Planning    10. Political Science    11. Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.    12. Public Policy - Regional Planning    13. Real estate development    14. Sociology    15. Sociology - General    16. Architecture / Planning    17. Conservation of the environment   

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Building sites    3. Environmental Engineering & Technology    4. Environmental Planning And Management    5. Environmental aspects    6. General    7. Methods & Materials    8. Planning    9. Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.    10. Site Planning    11. Architecture / Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings    12. City & town planning - architectural aspects    13. Civil Engineering, Surveying & Building    14. Management of land & natural resources   

Subjects:  1. Chemical Engineering Operations    2. Chemistry - General    3. Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical    4. Environmental Chemistry    5. Environmental Engineering & Technology    6. Environmental Science    7. Environmental management    8. Industrial applications    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Sustainable engineering    11. Technology    12. Technology & Industrial Arts    13. Biochemical Engineering    14. Technology / Engineering / Chemical & Biochemical    15. The Environment   

Subjects:  1. Animals    2. Effect of environment on    3. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    4. Environmental Science    5. Environmental Studies    6. Environmental management    7. Environmental psychology    8. Human Ecology    9. Human beings    10. Landscape    11. Landscape Architecture And Design    12. Nature    13. Nature/Ecology    14. Landscape art & architecture    15. Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection    16. Regional & Area Planning   

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Very useful stories for sustainability leaders
This is a collection of very helpful stories about attempts to green university campuses around the U.S. The authors include faculty, staff and students who found themselves muddling through, learning and finally leading campus sustainability efforts at their own institutions. As a faculty member about to embark on a class on campus sustainability, I found the stories gave some invaluable insight that I used immediately in designing our course.The diversity of stories and experiences-- all of which include honestly portrayed problems and failures, as well as successes--give a succinct source of information and inspiration for anyone who aspires to move their own campus toward sustainability. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Campus planning    2. Education    3. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    4. Environmental Studies    5. Environmental aspects    6. Environmental management    7. Higher    8. Public Policy - Environmental Policy    9. Teaching Methods & Materials - Social Science    10. United States    11. Universities and colleges    12. Environmentalist thought & ideology    13. Higher & further education    14. USA   

Subjects:  1. Aims And Objectives Of Higher Education    2. Ecology    3. Environmental Science    4. Environmental Studies    5. Environmental aspects    6. Environmental management    7. Green movement    8. Higher    9. Human Ecology    10. Nature    11. Nature/Ecology    12. United States    13. Universities and colleges    14. Pollution & threats to the environment    15. Science / Environmental Science    16. USA    17. Urban communities