Building the New Urbanism
Building the New Urbanism

Author: Aaron Passell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 0415538971

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The volume encapsulates and engages the dominant history of American suburbia, brings the work of prominent theorists of culture and science into the investigation of urban and suburban development, and broadens the focus of urban studies to the metropolitan region. It will be of particular interest to scholars of urban and suburban development, material culture, and professions, but is accessible enough for use in sociology, geography, planning, and urban and suburban studies courses.

Charter of the New Urbanism
Charter of the New Urbanism

Author: Congress for the New Urbanism

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13:

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An agenda for thriving urban centers, the San Francisco-based Congress for the New Urbanism is a leading force for modern design that encourages viable neighborhoods, conserves natural environments, and preserves our architectural heritage. Charter of the New Urbanism introduces you to the work of the world-class planners, architects and other professionals who are making the new urbanism happen. Charter contributors, including Andres Duany, Peter Calthorpe, and Liz Moule, explain strategies that range from large-scale, regional, to small-scale: blocks, streets and buildings. Revealing case studies help you understand the impact of geography, economics,development and urban patterns, public and private uses, transportation and pedestrian access, housing, building densities and land uses, codes, parks, shared use, safety, preservation and renewal, community identity and much more in this invaluable resource for design professionals.

New Urbanism and American Planning
New Urbanism and American Planning

Author: Emily Talen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-11-16

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1135992622

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Surveying four approaches to city-making, the author here gives an assessment of the development of American urbanism, highlighting recurrent themes and how these interact, merge and conflict.

The Option of Urbanism
The Option of Urbanism

Author: Christopher B. Leinberger

Publisher: Island Press

Published: 2010-03-18

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 1597267767

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Americans are voting with their feet to abandon strip malls and suburban sprawl, embracing instead a new type of community where they can live, work, shop, and play within easy walking distance. In The Option of Urbanism visionary developer and strategist Christopher B. Leinberger explains why government policies have tilted the playing field toward one form of development over the last sixty years: the drivable suburb. Rooted in the driving forces of the economy—car manufacturing and the oil industry—this type of growth has fostered the decline of community, contributed to urban decay, increased greenhouse gas emissions, and contributed to the rise in obesity and asthma. Highlighting both the challenges and the opportunities for this type of development, The Option of Urbanism shows how the American Dream is shifting to include cities as well as suburbs and how the financial and real estate communities need to respond to build communities that are more environmentally, socially, and financially sustainable.

The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community
The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community

Author: Peter Katz

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2014-07-08

Total Pages: 556

ISBN-13: 0071849122

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The move to liveable communities--ideal ``small towns'' and neighborhoods where people work, live, play, and walk from place to place--is on. Profit from what a visionary group of architects leading this movement has learned about designing new ``small towns'' in Peter Katz's The New Urbanism. You'll discover the amazing potential for this kind of work as well as case studies, site plans, project analyses, and 180 beautiful photographs. This unique reference also tackles--and answers--the critical issues of crime, health, traffic, environmental degradation, and economic vitality and opens a startling window on the look and feel of future communities. Every designer can profit from this guide to building the utopias of tomorrow--today!

Civitas by Design
Civitas by Design

Author: Howard Gillette

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2012-12

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 0812222229

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"The best study so far about the virtual collapse in the late twentieth century of South Jersey's largest city."--New York Times.

New American Urbanism
New American Urbanism

Author: John A. Dutton

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13:

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This book reviews the recent resurgence of town and urban design in America, with particular attention to the return to traditional forms of urbanism and building conventions.

A Research Agenda for New Urbanism
A Research Agenda for New Urbanism

Author: Emily Talen

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 1788118634

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New Urbanism, a movement devoted to building walkable, socially diversity cities, has garnered some successes and some failures over the past several decades. A Research Agenda for New Urbanism is a forward-looking book composed of chapters by leading scholars of New Urbanism. Authors focus on multiple topics, including affordability, transportation, social life and retail to highlight the areas of research that are most important for the future of the field. The book summarizes what we know and what we need to know to provide a research agenda that will have the greatest promise and most positive impact on building the best possible human habitat—which is the aim of New Urbanism.

Tactical Urbanism
Tactical Urbanism

Author: Mike Lydon

Publisher: Island Press

Published: 2015-03-17

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1610915267

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Begins with an in-depth history of the Tactical Urbanism movement and its place among other social, political, and urban planning trends. With a detailed set of case studies that demonstrate the breadth and scalability of tactical urbanism interventions, this book provides a detailed toolkit for conceiving, planning, and carrying out projects.

Planning the Good Community
Planning the Good Community

Author: Jill Grant

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 9780415700740

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An examination of new urban approaches both in theory and in practice. Taking a critical look at how new urbanism has lived up to its ideals, the author asks whether new urban approaches offer a viable path to creating good communities. With examples drawn principally from North America, Europe and Japan, Planning the Good Community explores new urban approaches in a wide range of settings. It compares the movement for urban renaissance in Europe with the New Urbanism of the United States and Canada, and asks whether the concerns that drive today's planning theory - issues like power, democracy, spatial patterns and globalisation- receive adequate attention in new urban approaches. The issue of aesthetics is also raised, as the author questions whether communities must be more than just attractive in order to be good. With the benefit of twenty years' hindsight and a world-wide perspective, this book offers the reader unparalleled insight as well as a rigorous and considered critical analysis.