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  • Case Studies in Retrofitting Suburbia

    Urban Design Strategies for Urgent Challenges

    de June Williamson, Ellen Dunham-Jones ...
    A brand-new collection of 32 case studies that further demonstrate the retrofitting of suburbiaThis amply-illustrated book, second in a series, documents how defunct shopping malls, parking lots, and the past century’s other obsolete suburban development patterns are being retrofitted to address current urgent challenges they weren’t designed for: improving public health, increasing resilience in ... Leer más

    $57.00 USD

  • Retrofitting Suburbia, Updated Edition

    Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs

    de Ellen Dunham-Jones, June Williamson ...
    Updated with a new Introduction by the authors and a foreword by Richard Florida, this book is a comprehensive guide book for urban designers, planners, architects, developers, environmentalists, and community leaders that illustrates how existing suburban developments can be redesigned into more urban and more sustainable places. While there has been considerable attention by practitioners and ... Leer más

    $46.00 USD

  • Retrofitting Sprawl

    Addressing Seventy Years of Failed Urban Form

    de Emily Talen, Julia Koschinsky, Brenda Case Scheer, Gerrit-Jan Knaap, Aviva Hopkins Brown, Rebecca Lewis, Matthew Salenger, June Williamson, David Dixon, Ellen Dunham-Jones0, Nico Larco1, Marc Schlossberg2, Dave Amos3, Gabriel Diaz Montemayor4, Nabil Kamel5, Benjamin W. Stanley6, Aaron Golub7, Milagros Zingoni8, Whitney Warman9, Christian Solorio0, Galina Tachieva1, Wesley Brown2 ...
    These twelve previously unpublished essays present innovative and practical ideas for addressing the harmful effects of sprawl.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 ... Leer más

    $33.99 USD

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  • Walkable City

    How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time

    de Jeff Speck ...
    Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it down to one key factor: walkability.The very idea of a modern metropolis evokes visions of bustling sidewalks, vital mass transit, and a vibrant, pedestrian-friendly urban core. But in the typical American city, the car is still king, and downtown is a place that's easy to drive to but often not worth ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Walking Home

    The Life and Lessons of a City Builder

    de Ken Greenberg ...
    One of the world's foremost urban designers shares his passion and methods for rejuvenating neglected cities and argues passionately for the importance and possibilities of their renewal.From a youth spent in the boroughs of New York City and other great cities of the world, to his beginnings as an architect in Toronto, Ken Greenberg has long recognized that cities at their best provide much of ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design

    de Charles Montgomery ...
    A globe-trotting, eye-opening exploration of how cities can—and do—make us happier peopleCharles Montgomery's Happy City will revolutionize the way we think about urban life.After decades of unchecked sprawl, more people than ever are moving back to the city. Dense urban living has been prescribed as a panacea for the environmental and resource crises of our time. But is it better or worse for our ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Green Metropolis

    Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less Are the Keys to Sustainability

    de David Owen ...
    Look out for David Owen's next book, Where the Water Goes.A challenging, controversial, and highly readable look at our lives, our world, and our future.Most Americans think of crowded cities as ecological nightmares, as wastelands of concrete and garbage and diesel fumes and traffic jams. Yet residents of compact urban centers, Owen shows, individually consume less oil, electricity, and water ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Suburban Nation

    The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream

    de Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Jeff Speck ...
    The essential handbook for ending suburban sprawl and automobile-based settlement patternsFor a decade, Suburban Nation has given voice to a growing movement in North America to put an end to suburban sprawl and replace the last century's automobile-based settlement patterns with a return to more traditional planning. Founders of the Congress for the New Urbanism, Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • The Rise and Fall of American Growth

    The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War

    de Robert J. Gordon, Robert J. Gordon ...
    Series series The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
    How America's high standard of living came to be and why future growth is under threatIn the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, motor vehicles, air travel, and television transformed households and workplaces. But has that era of unprecedented growth come to an end? ... Leer más

    $21.59 USD

  • Building Suburbia

    Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820-2000

    de Dolores Hayden ...
    A lively and provocative history of the contested landscapes where the majority of Americans now live.From rustic cottages reached by steamboat to big box stores at the exit ramps of eight-lane highways, Dolores Hayden defines seven eras of suburban development since 1820. An urban historian and architect, she portrays housewives and politicians as well as designers and builders making the ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Dynamic Urban Design

    A Handbook for Creating Sustainable Communities Worldwide

    de Michael A. von Hausen ...
    Advance Praise for Dynamic Urban Design“Finally, in one book a complete guide to the theory, practice, and potential of urban design by one of Canada’s preeminent urban designers.”—David R. Witty, former dean, School of Architecture, University of Manitoba, Canada“Michael von Hausen has given us a clear and hopeful path to the creation of a sustainable urbanism, one that will be inspiring and ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Becoming a Landscape Architect

    A Guide to Careers in Design

    de Kelleann Foster ...
    Explore exciting options for a career in landscape architectureBlending aesthetics and environmental consciousness, landscape architecture is one of the fastest growing fields, according to the US Department of Labor. Becoming a Landscape Architect gives you a comprehensive survey of the field as it is practiced today, and explains how to get started and how to succeed in this exciting, creative, ... Leer más

    $33.00 USD