Suburban nation the rise of sprawl and the decline of the American dream
Duany, Andres Plater-Zyberk, Elizabeth Speck, Jeff
Suburban nation the rise of sprawl and the decline of the American dream - New York North Point Press 2001 - xiv,293p. ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-280) and index.
What Is Sprawl, and Why? -- The Devil Is in the Details -- The House That Sprawl Built -- The Physical Creation of Society -- The American Transportation Mess -- Sprawl and the Developer -- The Victims of Sprawl -- The City and the Region -- The Inner City -- How to Make a Town -- What Is to Be Done -- The Traditional Neighborhood Development Checklist -- The Congress for the New Urbanism. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. App. A. App. B.
"Founders of the Congress for the New Urbanism, Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk assess sprawl's costs to society, be they ecological, economic, aesthetic, or social. This book is a lively critical lament, and an entertaining lesson on the distinctions between postwar suburbia - characterized by housing clusters, strip shopping centers, office parks, and parking lots - and the traditional neighborhoods that were built as a matter of course until mid-century. It indicts the design and development industries for the fact that America no longer builds towns. Most important, though, it is a book that also offers us solutions."--BOOK JACKET.
0865476063
Urbanization--United States.
Suburbs--United States.
Community development, Urban--United States.
Urban renewal--United States.
Urban policy--United States.
Voorsteden.
Stadsvernieuwing.
Urbanisatie.
HT384.U5 / D83 2001
307.760973 / DU-S
Suburban nation the rise of sprawl and the decline of the American dream - New York North Point Press 2001 - xiv,293p. ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-280) and index.
What Is Sprawl, and Why? -- The Devil Is in the Details -- The House That Sprawl Built -- The Physical Creation of Society -- The American Transportation Mess -- Sprawl and the Developer -- The Victims of Sprawl -- The City and the Region -- The Inner City -- How to Make a Town -- What Is to Be Done -- The Traditional Neighborhood Development Checklist -- The Congress for the New Urbanism. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. App. A. App. B.
"Founders of the Congress for the New Urbanism, Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk assess sprawl's costs to society, be they ecological, economic, aesthetic, or social. This book is a lively critical lament, and an entertaining lesson on the distinctions between postwar suburbia - characterized by housing clusters, strip shopping centers, office parks, and parking lots - and the traditional neighborhoods that were built as a matter of course until mid-century. It indicts the design and development industries for the fact that America no longer builds towns. Most important, though, it is a book that also offers us solutions."--BOOK JACKET.
0865476063
Urbanization--United States.
Suburbs--United States.
Community development, Urban--United States.
Urban renewal--United States.
Urban policy--United States.
Voorsteden.
Stadsvernieuwing.
Urbanisatie.
HT384.U5 / D83 2001
307.760973 / DU-S