"This book is about building and maintaining involved, sustainable, and inclusive communities from the ground up during a period of unprecedented growth and global change. It explains the concepts and principles of community and sustainability, giving readers a framework of sustainable community planning to put into practice. Written to help communities identify and reconnect their true essence to their ecological setting with the objectives of raising their quality of life by increasing social, environmental, and economic sustainability. Those with an interest in community, sustainability, and leadership will benefit from the forward-thinking approach the authors present"--