The key to sustainable cities : meeting human needs, transforming community systems / Gwendolyn Hallsmith.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

How communities meet human needs -- Perceiving the community as a whole system -- Community capacity and sustainability -- Systems thinking for communities -- Celebrating assets and creating a vision -- Envisioning a beautiful world -- The challenge of change -- Whole system strategies -- Leverage points -- Initiating action -- Success -- The living, learning, caring community.