Urban Environmental Planning: Policies, Instruments, and Methods in an International Perspective

This collection of 23 articles addresses the urgent need to maintain and even enhance urban living situations through environmental management and planning. Primarily studies of real-life situations, the articles address environmental and spatial conflicts in such locations as the UK, Hong Kong, Lisbon, New York, Seattle, and a nuclear weapons site in Washington state. They examine methods and innovations in dealing with negative environment spillovers, including in such urban centers as Seattle and Amsterdam. They also examine the effects of positive environmental spillovers and analyze the spatial plan as a tool for sustainability. They examine how zoning works in Holland, America, and in an integrated study of 12 countries from the latest studies and literature. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

In 2005 Donald Miller started The Mentoring Project, an organization that helps churches start mentoring programs and pairs mentors with boys in need. Don's work with the fatherless led the Obama administration to invite him onto the president's task force on fatherlessness and mentoring. Donald is the director of The Burnside Writers Collective, an online magazine. He is a frequent speaker, appearing at events such as the Women of Faith Conference, The Democratic National Convention, and Harvard University. He still lives in Portland, Oregon with his dog Lucy