In "Home from Nowhere", the author of the landmark book "Geography of Nowhere" not only shows that the original American dream--the desire for peaceful, pleasant places in which to work and live--still has a strong hold on our imaginations, but offers innovative, eminently practical ways to make that dream a reality. Photos & line drawings.
Tracing the development of American cities and city life from early colonial settlements to the familiar downtowns of today, a sweeping cultural history reveals how our urban spaces have been shaped by the land and the American lifestyle. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. NYT.
Drawing from his experience as mayor, Bill Hudnut describes the plight of first-tier suburbs and reveals how they have been left behind as the spotlight has focused on downtown revitalisation and growth in outlying areas. Learn how these areas are turning around and becoming vibrant attractive areas in which to live, work, and play.
In this text, Ford offers an account of the relationship between urban architecture - especially vernacular architecture - and the spatial arrangement and development of cities in North America. From office towers in the central business district to commercial strips in the "edge city", Ford shows how changes in the built environment parallel ...
Modernism in architecture and urban design has failed the American city. This is the decisive conclusion that renowned public intellectual Nathan Glazer has drawn from two decades of writing and thinking about what this architectural movement will bequeath to future generations. In "From a Cause to a Style", he proclaims his disappointment with ...
This extensively revised and expanded third edition of "Planning in the USA" continues to provide a comprehensive introduction to the policies, theory and practice of planning. Discussing land use, urban planning and environmental protection policies, this fully illustrated book explains the nature of the planning process and the way in which ...
For courses in Urban Geography and Urban Planning. This book covers all the important traditional urban geography topics such as urban spatial structure, central place theory, neighborhood change, and industrial locations analysis, and also expands upon these to include contemporary topics such as global cities, gender, activism, technology, ...
"The Urban and Regional Planning Reader" draws together the very best of classic and contemporary writings to illuminate the planning of cities and metropolitan areas. Forty-seven generous selections include contributions from Lewis Mumford, Jane Jacobs, Ian McHarg, Paul Davidoff, Charles Harr, Susan Fainstein and Charles J. Hoch through to ...
The best hope for addressing the problem of sprawl is "smart growth"--an approach to development that is town-centered and transit- and pedestrian-oriented, and which mixes residential, commercial, and retail development. It also preserves open space and other environmental amenities. Solving Sprawl shines a spotlight on American communities that ...
Covering the process from basic principle to developed design, this book outlines the range of project types and services that urban designers can offer. An operations manual for architects, planners, developers and public officials, it also provides an introduction to urbanism.
This is the urban planning "Bible" since it was first published. This fourth edition, extensively updated, brings it into the 1990s. "Comprehensive, theoretical and policy driven. A superb source for anyone faced with problems associated with land planning. The definitive book that takes the larger view of community growth, land use and ...
'The wisest, clearest introduction I know to the art and science of designing cities' - Robert Campbell, Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe architecture critic. Featuring projects that have won The American Institute of Architects' (AIA) National Honor Awards for Urban Design in recent years, this is a comprehensive book of tools and information ...
This text contains a selection of readings drawn from academic journals focusing on aspects of social policy, transportation, housing, economic development and the environment. This book is intended for use by students in architecture, environmental design and building construction.
Tracing how codes arose when they did, and how they were adapted over time, the authors examine the increasing influence of regulatory codes over urban design and planning in the past century.
New Urbanism and American Planning presents the history of American planners' quest for good cities and shows how New Urbanism is a culmination of ideas that have been evolving since the nineteenth century. In her survey of the last hundred or so years of urbanist ideals, Emily Talen identifies four approaches to city-making, which she terms ...
Divided into three sections, this edition of "Urban Land Use Planning" deftly balances an authoritative, up-to-date discussion of current practices with a vision of what land use planning should become. It explores the societal context of land use planning and proposes a model for understanding and reconciling the divergent priorities among ...
Gates and fences, sidewalks and driveways, alleys and parking lots - these ordinary features have an important achitectural impact, influencing how a building "relates" to the spaces around it. As geographer Larry R. Ford argues, architectural histories and guidebooks have, in the past, told readers little about the character of American cities ...
This volume addresses a variety of questions posed to academics and professionals in city and urban planning for the February 1997 Faculty Seminar on the Profession of City Planning at MIT. The first and second sections provide an historical overview and critique of the profession. Sections three and four examine the effects of planning in housing ...
'At long last we have a great book on public participation in the planning process. "Designing Public Consensus" presents examples of the interaction between architects, planners, landscape designers, engineers, and the public. More important, Barbara Faga presents situations when that interaction has worked, when it has not, and why. She is able ...
This workbook is designed to guide the user through the formulation of the components of a future land use plan. It provides hands-on experience with the application of GIS technology for land analysis at various scales; guides the user through the process of working with factual land use, population and socio-economic data; as well as assessing ...
Gender has affected urban planning and the design of the spaces where we live and work. Urban and suburban spaces support stereotypically male activities and planning methodologies reflect a male-dominated society.This work documents and analyzes the connection between gender and planning.
From corner coffee shops to rural enclaves to the Internet, Americans are doing whatever it takes to build community. Shattering a century of misunderstanding, "Craving Community" shows well-intended planners and developers that while Americans may not be interested in "brownfield infill" or "charettes," they are ready to demand community.
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