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Douglas Farr
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , New Jersey, 2008 , hardcover , 304pp . and illustrated, $75.00 ,
ISBN: 978-0471777519
Douglas Farr is an architect and urban designer and chair of the US Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Neighborhood Development Core Committee. He has written an important book and has assembled the input and contribution of numerous experts who have enriched the book. Farr says on page 10 that 'This book is a strategic call for leadership in the design and development of the places where Americans live, work, and play', and on page 296 'I believe firmly that there is a parallel between this book's advocacy for sustainable urbanism and the moon shot of an earlier generation....