Books by John Randolph

  •  Energy for Sustainability

    Jazz on the river

    Energy for Sustainability

    Technology, Planning, Policy

    John Randolph

    Energy for Sustainability is the first undergraduate textbook on renewable energy and energy efficiency with a unique focus on the community scale. Written by two of the foremost experts in the field, ...

  •  Environmental Land Use Planning and Management

    Jazz on the river

    Environmental Land Use Planning and Management

    John Randolph

    Environmental Land Use Planning and Management is a unique new textbook that presents a diverse, comprehensive, and coordinated approach to issues of land use planning and management and their impacts ...

  •  Environmental Land Use Planning and Management

    Jazz on the river

    Environmental Land Use Planning and Management

    Second Edition

    John Randolph

    Since the first publication of this landmark textbook in 2004, it has received high praise for its clear, comprehensive, and practical approach.  The second edition continues to offer a unique ...

  •  Environmental Regulations and Housing Costs

    Jazz on the river

    Environmental Regulations and Housing Costs

    Arthur C. Nelson

    Many communities across the nation still lack affordable housing. And many officials continue to claim that “affordable housing” is an oxymoron. Building inexpensively is impossible, they ...

About the Author

John Randolph is Professor of Environmental Planning and former Director of the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. He has received the William R. and June Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban and Regional Planning, and is coauthor of Energy for Sustainability (Island Press 2008).  He has written 140 publications and conference papers and has directed or codirected nineteen sponsored research projects totaling more than a million dollars in grants and contracts since 1990.