Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Cities of the Imagination -- 1. It's Not Really about Cities -- 2. What Seems Green May Actually Be Brown -- 3. But when Green Elements Align, the Results Can Be Impressive -- 4. Revitalization Can Be Powerful -- 5. In a Revitalizing District, Some Gentrification Might Be OK -- but Not Too Much -- 6. Cities Need Nature -- 7. There Can Be So Much in a Name-or Not -- 8. Sustainability Requires Attention to Legacy -- 9. But the Past Is Not the Future -- 10. Community Isn't What It Used to Be, Apparently -- 11. Meet the Environmental Paradox of Smart Growth -- 12. Design Matters, but It Can Be Messy -- 13. There Must Be a There -- 14. Human Habitat Should Nourish the Mind, Body, and Spirit -- 15. Americans Don't Walk Much, and I Don't Blame Them -- 16. Driving Should Be an Option -- 17. Getting to School Shouldn't Be So Hard -- 18. Walk, Drink, Walk Back -- 19. Successful Suburbs Will Adapt to the Twenty-First Century -- 20. Childhood Should Be about Exploring -- 21. Grow Food, but Not Just Anywhere -- 22. Cities Are Made for Faith, and Vice Versa -- 23. Think Globally, Plan Locally -- 24. Sustainability Is Where the Heart Is -- 25. Sprawl Is Dying. Will Smart Growth Be Next? -- Epilogue: People Habitat and the Landscape -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.