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The move to liveable communities--ideal ``small towns'' and neighborhoods where people work, live, play, and walk from place to place--is on. Profit from what a visionary group of architects leading this movement has learned about designing new ``small

A direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arrogance that has characterized much of urban planning in this century, The Death and Life of Great American Cities has, since its first publication in 1961, become

Everyone is calling for smart growth...but what exactly is it? In The Smart Growth Manual, two leading city planners provide a thorough answer. From the expanse of the metropolis to the detail of the window box, they address

“The world is now moving through a period of extraordinary turbulence; the speed and magnitude of global change, the increasing connectedness of social and natural systems at the planetary level, and the growing complexity of societies and their

Placemaker is a call to tend our souls, our land, and our homes--to cultivate comfort, beauty, and peace in the places God has us. Images of comfortable kitchens and flower-filled gardens stir something deep within us--we instinctively long

This book describes the design and development of 14 denser than typical projects that range from single-family subdivisions to downtown high-rise apartments, illustrating new urbanism, transit-oriented development, mixed-income and mixed-use housing types, urban infill, and adaptive use. Acessar

Explaining how to design spaces for pedestrians while also accommodating transit needs, this book is an excellent reference for students, public sector planners and officials, and private sector designers and developers seeking to make places more pedestrian- and

This report suggests five ways that states can help cities and counties promote the development of sufficient housing supply and overcome NIMBY issues. Coverage includes assessing future housing needs and the impact on economic growth, providing zoning incentives,

Get practical how-to information on designing and developing attractive, profitable, and environmentally responsible planned communities. This book includes 10 case studies of successful projects in the U.S., the U.K., and Australia Acessar na Uli Bookstore

The Building Healthy Places Toolkit outlines opportunities to enhance health through changes in approaches to development. Developers, owners, property managers, designers, investors, and planners will find recommendations, best practices, and implementation strategies to create places that contribute to