Toward the livable city / edited by Emilie Buchwald.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Buchwald, Emilie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning.

Architecture--Human factors.

Architecture.

Architecture and society.

Physical Description:

xvi, 301 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minn. : Milkweed Editions, 2003.

Summary:

Inspiring and accessible, Toward the Livable City combines firsthand accounts of the attractions - - and distractions - - of urban life to show how to create successful cities. For city dwellers and commuters, urban planners and architects, neighborhood groups and activists, this book outlines specific strategies for change. Fifteen leading thinkers including James Howard Kunstler, Jane Holtz Kay, Tony Hiss, Bill McKibben, and Jay Walljasper explore smart growth, riverfront redevelopment, urban farming, pedestrian rights, traffic, opportunity-based housing, and suburban vs. city living. They tell how the mayor of Curitiba, Brazil, built dedicated busways and closed downtown streets to cars; how urban agriculture in vacant lots and backyards in Boston produces 10,000 pounds of vegetables each season; and how Minneapolis successfully redeveloped its riverfront, among other shining examples. Photographs are featured.

Contents:

Finding Common Ground, an Introduction / Emilie Buchwald ix

The Lived-In City/The Siren Suburbs

The Lived-In City: A Place in Time / Jane Holtz Kay 5

Divorcing the City / Lynda Morgenroth 21

Between City and Suburb: Automania

Selections from Roadkill Bill / Ken Avidor 41

What Makes a City Livable?

Cambridge Walking / Sara St. Antoine 55

City Places, Sacred Spaces / Terrell F. Dixon 64

Food for the City, from the City / Kristin Brennan 79

Mixed Use in the City / Mary Francois Rockcastle 89

The Empty Harbor and the Dilemma of Waterfront Development / Phillip Lopate 97

Reinventing a Vibrant Riverfront / Judith A. Martin 119

The Backside of Civility / Emily Hiestand 143

Planning for Change

If You Build It, Will They Change? / Bill McKibben 161

The Region: The True City / Myron Orfield 169

Opportunity-Based Housing / john a. powell 181

A Burden, a Blessing / Tony Hiss 212

How to Fall in Love with Your Hometown / Jay Walljasper 231

What If?

Cities of the Future in the Long Emergency / James Howard Kunstler 265

Charter of the New Urbanism 277

Public Interest Organizations 287.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-286) and index.

ISBN:

1571312714

OCLC:

52208601