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Planetizen contemporary debates in urban planning / edited by Abhijeet Chavan, Christian Peralta, Christopher Steins.
Fine Arts Library HT384.U5 P53 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cities and towns--United States--Growth.
- Cities and towns.
- Mixed-use developments.
- United States.
- Growth.
- City planning--United States.
- City planning.
- Regional planning--United States.
- Regional planning.
- Mixed-use developments--United States.
- Sustainable development--United States.
- Sustainable development.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 183 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : Island Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- Planetizen Contemporary Debates in Urban Planning is a fascinating review of the major issues discussed in the field of urban planning, assembled by editors at Planetizen, the web's leading source of news and information for the planning and development community.
- The book's contributors include the most well-known experts in the fields of planning and design. These prominent thinkers offer passionate debates and thought-provoking commentary on the most important and controversial topics facing the urban and built environments, including gentrification, eminent domain, the philosophical divide between the Smart Growth community, libertarians, and New Urbanists, regional growth patterns, urban design trends, transportation systems, and reactions to disasters such as Katrina and 9/11, which changed the way we look at cities and security.
- With the increasing awareness of the need for sound urban planning to ensure the economic, environmental, and social health of modern society, Planetizen Contemporary Debates in Urban Planning gives professionals in the field and concerned citizens alike a deeper understanding of the critical, complex issues that continue to challenge cities and communities and their urban planners, designers, and developers.
- Contents:
- Section 1 Sprawl vs. Smart Growth
- Chapter 1.1 A Tipping Point-But Now the Hard Part / Anthony Flint 6
- Chapter 1.2 The Argument Against Smart Growth / Wendell Cox 10
- Chapter 1.3 Prescription for Urban Sprawl: Adapting Smart Growth Strategies to a Big City / Michael Woo 18
- Chapter 1.4 How We Pay for Growth / William Fulton 23
- Chapter 1.5 What Is the New Suburbanism? / Joel Kotkin 28
- Chapter 1.6 Preserving the American Dream by Cost, Not Coercion / Randal O'Toole 34
- Chapter 1.7 Zoning in a Time Warp: The Coming "Oversupply" of Single-Family Homes / Harriet Tregoning 39
- Section 2 Transportation 45
- Chapter 2.1 Ten Keys to Walkable Communities / Dan Burden 48
- Chapter 2.2 The Price of Parking on Great Streets / Donald C. Shoup 52
- Chapter 2.3 The Pricing Revolution on the Roads / Peter Samuel 57
- Chapter 2.4 A Celebration of Independence: How Temporal Use of Streets Can Be a Catalyst For Change / Kenneth E. Kruckemeyer 61
- Chapter 2.5 Making TODs Work: Lessons from Portland's Orenco Station / Michael Mehaffy 66
- Section 3 Urban Design 73
- Chapter 3.1 Planning for the Public Realm / Alexander Garvin 75
- Chapter 3.2 Making Better Places: Ten City Design Resolutions / Jeff Speck 80
- Chapter 3.3 Principles Essential to the Renewal of Architecture / Andres Duany 90
- Chapter 3.4 Why New Urbanism Fails / Christopher Dewolf 95
- Chapter 3.5 Urban Parks: Innovate or Stagnate / Fred Kent 102
- Section 4 Disaster Planning 107
- Chapter 4.1 Recovering New Orleans / Thomas J. Campanella 110
- Chapter 4.2 The End of Tall Buildings / James Howard Kunstler, Nikos A. Salingaros 117
- Chapter 4.3 Fortifying America: Planning for Fear / Edward J. Blakely 129
- Chapter 4.4 Planning for Post-Disaster Recovery / Robert B. Olshansky 134
- Section 5 Society and Planning 141
- Chapter 5.1 Is Gentrification Really a Threat? / John Norquist 144
- Chapter 5.2 Gentrification Reality Tour: Neither Benign Nor Benevolent / Charles Shaw 150
- Chapter 5.3 Is Kelo Good for Urban Planning? / Samuel R. Staley 156
- Chapter 5.4 Bring Schools Back into Walkable Neighborhoods / Constance E. Beaumont 161
- Chapter 5.5 The Lone Mountain Compact: A Debate on Libertarian Planning Principles / C. Kenneth Orski, G.B. Arrington, Patrick Condon, John H. Hooker 166.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781597261326
- 1597261327
- 9781597261333
- 1597261335
- OCLC:
- 77333851
- Online:
- Publisher description
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