Suburban nation : the rise of sprawl and the decline of the American Dream / Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck.

Main entry:

Duany, Andres.

Title & Author:

Suburban nation : the rise of sprawl and the decline of the American Dream / Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

xiv, 289 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-276) 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 -- Appendix A: The traditional neighborhood development checklist -- Appendix B: The congress for the new urbanism.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"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."--Jacket.

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Table of contents
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0865475571 (alk. paper)
9780865475571 (alk. paper)
0865476063 (pbk.)
9780865476066 (pbk.)

Subject:

Urbanization United States.
Suburbs United States.
Community development, Urban United States.
Urban renewal United States.
Urban policy United States.
Urbanisation États-Unis.
Banlieues États-Unis.
Développement communautaire urbain États-Unis.
Rénovation urbaine États-Unis.
Politique urbaine États-Unis.
Community development, Urban
Suburbs
Urban policy
Urban renewal
Urbanization
Stadtplanung
Stadtsanierung
Städtebau
Suburbanisierung
Stadsvernieuwing.
Voorsteden.
Urbanisatie.
United States
USA

Form/genre:

Books.

Added entries:

Plater-Zyberk, Elizabeth.
Speck, Jeff.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 214317
Call No.: HT384.U5 D8 2000
Status: Available

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