Case studies and other information about the place-based approach to the environment.

Canadian government entity's vision is to see a Canada where people make responsible decisions about the environment; and where the environment is thereby sustained for the benefit of present and future generations.

One stop guide for U.S. Local Governments. Enhance the Sustainability of Your Community Through: Environmental Protection; Economic Vitality; and Community Well-Being.

A series of urban, community design events and university of british columbia-based research projects providing a number of potential solutions to the problems spawned by non-sustainable urban/suburban growth.

Online report of RAND study (1997). Includes case studies and extensive bibliography.

Some new local community sustainability indicators developed in Australia. This site provides a new methodology for indicators that sustain and develop our community and that we can all count, measure and check them for ourselves.

Resources on the concept of sustainable development, including overview articles, slide shows, links, recommended books and videos, and educational materials and programs that can help communities in their sustainable development efforts.

Creative strategies for making cities and their surrounding areas work for everyone, environmentally and economically.

Chelsea Green publishes information to help design future lives where human activities of production and consumption are balanced in harmony with the natural state of the world.