How cities work : suburbs, sprawl, and the roads not taken / Alex Marshall.

Main entry:

Marshall, Alex, 1959-

Title & Author:

How cities work : suburbs, sprawl, and the roads not taken / Alex Marshall.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2000.

Description:

xxiii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Series:

Constructs series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-230) and index.
A tale of two towns : Kissimmee versus Celebration and the new urbanism -- The end of place -- The deconstructed city : the silicon valley -- Trading places : the city and the suburb -- Jackson Heights : an anachronism finds its way -- The master hand : the role of government in building cities -- Portland and Oregon : taming the forces that create the modern metropolitan area -- No place called home : community at the millennium -- Getting there : building healthy cities.
Also issued online.

Summary:

The author explores "the decentralized spread of California's Silicon Valley, the crowded streets of New York City's Jackson Heights neighborhood, the controlled growth of Portland, Oregon, and the stage-set facades of Disney's planned community, Celebration, Florida," and argues that the real forces of shaping cities--transportation systems, industry and business, and political decision making--have been ignored.--Cover.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0292752393 (cl ; alk. paper)
9780292752399 (cl ; alk. paper)
0292752407 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780292752405 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

City planning.
Cities and towns Growth.
Suburbs.
Social psychology.
Social participation.
Psychology, Social
Social Participation
City Planning
Urbanisme.
Villes Croissance.
Banlieues.
Psychologie sociale.
Participation sociale.
social psychology.
urban planning.
urban sprawl.
suburban growth.
suburbs.
satellite cities.
71.14 urban society.
Stadtentwicklung
Stadtplanung
Stedelijke ontwikkeling.
Leefbaarheid.
Stadscultuur.
Voorsteden.
Psychosociale aspecten.
USA

Added entries:

Constructs series.

Suburbs, sprawl, and the roads not taken

Holdings:

Location: Library main 213736
Call No.: HT166 .M3 2000
Status: Available

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