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Neighbors and neighborhoods : elements of successful community design / Sidney Brower.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brower, Sidney N.
- Series:
- Citizens planning series
- The citizens planning series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Neighborhoods.
- Sociology, Urban.
- Neighborhood planning.
- Planned communities--United States.
- Planned communities.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xxxi, 192 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, IL : APA Planners Press, [2011]
- Summary:
- How does the design of a neighborhood affect its residents? In this engaging book. Sidney Brower shows how a neighborhood's design lays the groundwork for the social relationships that make it a community.
- Blending social science with personal interviews. Brower shares the lessons of planned communities from historic Riverside. Illinois, to archetypal Levittown, New York, and Disney's Celebration. Florida. Neighbors & Neighborhoods is an eye-opener for all who have wondered what makes our local neighborhoods tick, It demystifies the way planners, architects, developers, organizers, and citizens come together in crafting a community's physical elements, policies, program, and processes. Readers will come away with new understandings of their roles in dealing the communities they want. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- pt.1. Social science research
- pt. 2. Development histories
- pt. 3. Community design.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Herman V. Ames Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1611900018
- 9781611900019
- OCLC:
- 745980257
- Publisher Number:
- 99948235896
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