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I n d e x affluence, 2–3, 15, 23–24 aging, 15, 23–24, 72, 86, 88, 169 agriculture, 3, 9, 13, 27, 32, 56, 68, 74, 78, 146 air conditioning, 4, 22, 47, 95, 115–116, 118, 133, 160, 169 Arendt, Randall, 12, 135 asthma, 8, 28 attitudes, 35; environmental, 4–6, 66–67, 69–72 Australia, 17–18, 21, 137, 154, 166 automobiles, 30, 44, 121; cost of, 98, 116, 156; manufacturing of, 31; use of, 16, 27, 127, 170. See also motor vehicles banking, 38–40, 50, 52, 53, 79–80, 139–140 bankruptcy, 31, 42, 49, 64, 80, 157 behavior, 42, 48; civic, 44; environmental, 5, 7, 10, 70, 72, 101, 104, 109, 113, 148 Belarus, 25 bicycles, 101, 136, 153, 156–159; commuting with, 102–104, 116, 165–166; infrastructure for, 136, 137, 140, 159; safety of, 103, 138, 156, 159; savings from, 98, 100; speed of, 102–103 biodiversity, 16, 32, 72, 82, 94, 106, 169–170 biodiversity hotspot, 12, 16, 83, 86 biogas, 97 biotech revolution, 1 Bogotá, Colombia, 136–137 boomburgs, 127 boomerang generation, 24 Brazil, 2, 17–21, 25, 136 building moratorium, 62–63 Cambodia, 25 Canada, 17–18, 20–21, 154 capital, 1, 3, 37, 51, 59, 62–63, 111, 164 capitalism, 1, 3, 37, 44, 47, 123, 176 carbon, 16, 27, 79, 101, 107, 132, 143 carbon credits, 7, 79 carbon cycle, 27, 96, 107 carbon footprint, 13, 101 carbon neutrality, 4, 133 carpooling, 99, 101 cars. See motor vehicles cats, 110 caulk, 99, 118–119 Central Asia, 23 Certified Wildlife Habitat Program, 108–109 Children’s Health Insurance Program, 144 chimney effect, 117–118 China, 16, 26, 47, 71, 82, 95, 101, 164, 170–171 Clean Water Act, 161 climate change, 3–4, 27, 43, 95, 106, 129, 142, 171, 178 codes, traditional neighborhood development, 135 comfort, 44, 95, 98, 117 commercial development, 30, 128, 131, 137 commercial sector, 95, 97, 156, 160–161, 171 community planning, 30, 43, 52, 81, 129–130, 155, 170; and property rights, 62, 66, 72, 76–77, 127 commuting, 6, 28, 60–61, 103–104, 115–117, 136 competitiveness, 144, 154, 168 complete streets, 144, 153, 157, 159, 173 composting toilets, 106 concurrency ordinances, 135 conservation, 55, 65, 72, 86–87, 92, 124, 146, 170, 176; and banking, 79; and development, 12, 61, 81; of energy, 105, 143; of private land, 56, 61; of water, 105–106, 112, 119 208 Index conservation biology, 82, 94, 169 conservation easements, 75, 132, 148–149. See also land trusts conservation planning, 171. See also urban planning conservation refugees, 12, 94 conservation subdivisions, 30, 81, 132, 135, 141, 148, 175 construction, 4, 8, 12, 63, 88, 143, 156; of reservoirs, 105; of roads, 33, 68, 84 consumption, green, 13, 175 Corporate Average Fuel Economy, 161 Costa Rica, 25 creative class, 127–128, 139 crime, 5, 47, 126, 136 Curitiba, Brazil, 136 Darwin, Charles, 6 demographic transitions, 16–17, 19, 22, 26, 33, 127, 168 density bonus, 132, 149 developed nations, 19, 37, 51, 95, 104, 107, 111, 121, 137, 153 developers, 37, 41, 42, 52, 64, 67, 71, 132, 135, 149 developing nations, 9, 19, 50, 83, 95, 162–163 development: commercial, 30, 128, 131, 137; conservation, 12, 61, 81 developments, 34, 38, 40, 53, 59, 82, 121; clustered, 33; planned-unit, 62, 134; residential, 33, 40, 42, 45, 145; transit-oriented, 129, 135 discount rates, 123–124 diversity, 126–129, 131, 138–139, 145 divorce, 7, 15, 23, 25–26, 169 durable goods, 22 easements, conservation, 75, 132, 148–149 East Asia, 23, 50 e-bikes, 101–102, 116 ecological health, 1 ecology, landscape, 32–33 economics, 40, 42, 46, 77, 80, 88; and competitiveness , 144, 154, 168; and cycles, 1, 50, 58, 63–64, 164, 168; and efficiency, 127, 140, 153; and elites, 32, 47, 51, 76, 163; and growth, 19, 28, 124, 128, 134, 136, 139, 146, 155, 169; of household dynamics, 48, 139; and incentives, 34, 50, 144, 155; and opportunity, 93; and sprawl, 32; and sustainability, 34, 122, 127, 129; and vulnerability, 3, 121, 170 ecosystems, 6, 17, 33, 106, 130; and services, 28, 78–80, 83, 132; in Yellowstone, 55 Ecuador, 25 education, 15, 41, 69, 71, 93, 122, 127, 132, 175; and cost, 100, 144; environmental, 10; level of, 69–73, 76, 176; of women, 3, 16, 23 efficiency, 3, 35, 89, 97, 105, 115–116, 153, 171; barriers to, 111–112, 124 Egypt, 17–19, 21 Ehrlich...

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