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URBAN PLANNING TODAY
A HARVARD DESIGN MAGAZINE READER |
| By: |
William S. Saunders (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£57.00 |
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£51.30 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0816647569 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780816647569 |
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| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 June, 2006 |
| Series: |
Harvard Design Magazine Readers |
| Pages: |
160 |
| Description: |
Provides a practical consideration of what works, and what does not, in American urban planning. By creating a dialogue of cities' planning successes and failures, this book illustrates that adopting a single model universally will not work. |
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This is a provocative and practical consideration of what works, and what does not, in American urban planning. American cities' penchants for single-use zoning and free-market development in pursuit of economic growth have produced problems that have long been recognized: grueling commutes and dependency on automobiles, social isolation, expensive public infrastructure, needless destruction of countryside. Eminent domain disputes rage on, despite recent Supreme Court decisions. Outdated public housing and failed single-function projects litter the landscape. Addressing these urgent problems and debating the public's role in urban planning, the contributors to "Urban Planning Today" report on real projects in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, New York, Omaha, Portland, and Vancouver. They bring varying, and sometimes divergent, perspectives from backgrounds in urban design and development, city and regional planning, criticism, and law to bear on the mixed bag of results observed in these cities.Noting the increasing influence of local nonprofit developers - such as Bridge Housing in San Francisco and Phipps Houses Group, Community Preservation Corporation, and NYC2012 in New York - as well as national organizations, the contributors also imagine clear and effective roles for government leaders. By creating a dialogue of cities' planning successes and failures, this book illustrates that adopting a single model universally will not work and that effective planning must indisputably demonstrate that any public action and private market reaction will be in the local community's interest - physically, functionally, financially, politically, aesthetically, and spiritually. |
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US |
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University of Minnesota Press |
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Non-returnable |
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