The chicken came first : a primer for renewing and sustaining our communities /
William Henry Asti.
- First edition.
- Little Rock : Parkhurst Brothers, Incorporated, (c)2011. [Chicago] : Chicago Distribution Center, a unit of the University of Chicago Press
- 1 online resource (278 pages).
- Our National Conversation ; v. 6 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Definitions; Section I. Basics -- things we want to think about; 1. Chickens and Eggs; 2. Sustainability in a MODERN Democracy; 3. The Day the Earth Stood Still -- politics and economics; 4. It's the Stupid Economy, Stupid; 5. Creating / in your own back yard; Section II. Past; 8. Problems, Problems, Problems; 9. The Black-Hole Nature of Bureaucracies; 10. What to Think vs. How to Think; 11. Once Upon a Time; Section III. Present -- where we are; 12. Is T. Boone Pickens Right? Recreating Institutions; 6. Connecting Dots; 7. The "New World Order" -- 13. It's Not an Information Age! -- the new ICE Age14. Land of Oz; 15. Frank Lloyd had it (W)right; Section IV. Future -- where we go from here; 16. Dear Barack; 17. Educational Reform -- with advanced technology; 18. Global Warming in the "New ICE Age"; 19. Creating Efficiency in the Real World; 20. Transporting Goods and Humans; 21. It's Called Health Care -- not health I don't care; Section V. Developing a Model -- creating sustainable communities; 22. Creating New Communities -- it happens every day; 23. Key Issues; 24. A Planning Process; 25. Land Use and the Fundamental Five. 26. Design Principles27. More Definitions; 28. Goals and Objectives; 29. Run-up to the Plan; 30. Developing a Plan; 31. The Prodigy Model -- creating new; 32. The Centennial Model -- remodeling old; 33. Creating your own Sustainable Community; 34. The End; Index.