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Retrofitting sprawl : addressing seventy years of failed urban form / edited by Emily Talen.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban renewal--United States.
- Urban renewal.
- Cities and towns--United States--Growth.
- Cities and towns.
- City planning--United States.
- City planning.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- These twelve previously unpublished essays present innovative and practical ideas for addressing the harmful effects of sprawl. Sprawl is not only an ongoing focus of specialized magazines like Dwell; indeed, Time magazine has cited "recycling the suburbs" as the second of "Ten Ideas Changing the World Right Now." While most conversations on sprawl tend to focus on its restriction, this book presents an overview of current thinking on ways to fix, repair, and retrofit existing sprawl. Chapters by planners, geographers, designers, and architects present research grounded in diverse locales
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Introduction. Retrofitting Sprawl; SECTION ONE. EXISTING REALITIES; Chapter 1. From Sprawl to Walkable: How Far Is That?; Chapter 2. Strip Development and How to Read It; Chapter 3. Rezoning Montgomery: People, Politics, and Place; Chapter 4. The Personal Decisions That Govern Sprawl; SECTION TWO. CASE STUDIES; Chapter 5. Urban Design Tactics for Suburban Retrofitting; Chapter 6. Suburban Downtowns; Chapter 7. The Public Sector Steps Up-And Retrofits a Zombie Subdivision; Chapter 8. Walking to the Strip Mall: Retrofitting Informal Pedestrian Paths
- SECTION THREE. IMAGINED POSSIBILITIES Chapter 9. Rethinking Residential On-Street Parking; Chapter 10. Spaces of Indeterminacy: From Thresholds to Ecotones in Retrofitting Sprawl; Chapter 11. Retrofitting the Cul-de-Sac in Suburban Arizona: A Design Proposal; Chapter 12. Occupy Sprawl, One Cul-de-Sac at a Time; Contributors; Index;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8203-4819-8
- OCLC:
- 918892796
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