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Designing the city : a guide for advocates and public officials / Adele Fleet Bacow.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bacow, Adele Fleet.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- City planning--United States.
- City planning.
- Community development, Urban--United States.
- Community development, Urban.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 193 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Written in a clear and engaging style, Designing the City is a practical manual for improving the way communities are planned, designed, and built. It presents case studies from across the country that highlight proven models and strategies to help community developers to establish productive partnerships with public works and transportation departments; develop resources through grant programs; incorporate artists and cultural facilities into community development; create new and enduring models for effective action; and educate participants and consumers of the design and development process. Designing the City draws on Adele Fleet Bacow's extensive experience in community development, design, and the arts. It is an invaluable resource for all those who want to improve their neighborhoods and communities - citizens, elected officials, developers, public agencies, planners, designers, environmentalists, artists, and activists.
- Contents:
- About Island Press; Copyright Page; CONTENTS.; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; GETTING BETTER DESIGN IN YOUR COMMUNITY; CONVINCING ARGUMENTS FOR DESIGN; TARGETING PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION; USING MONEY AS AN INCENTIVE: SUPPORTING DESIGN THROUGH GRANT PROGRAMS; CREATING SPACE FOR ARTISTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITY; INTEGRATING DESIGN INTO FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT; REWARDING QUALITY DESIGN: THE GOVERNOR'S DESIGN AWARDS PROGRAM; EDUCATION AS ADVOCACY: FROM PUBLIC OFFICIALS TO CHILDREN; PRACTICAL TIPS FOR ACTION; Appendix A; Appendix B; NOTES.; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; ISLAND PRESS BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1995
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-181) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-55963-291-7
- 1-55963-507-X
- 1-61091-061-3
- 1-4175-4016-8
- OCLC:
- 923186367
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