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ISBN 10: 0203479467
ISBN 13: 9780415700757
Author: Jill Grant
An examination of new urban approaches both in theory and in practice. Taking a critical look at how new urbanism has lived up to its ideals, the author asks whether new urban approaches offer a viable path to creating good communities. With examples drawn principally from North America, Europe and Japan, Planning the Good Community explores new urban approaches in a wide range of settings. It compares the movement for urban renaissance in Europe with the New Urbanism of the United States and Canada, and asks whether the concerns that drive today’s planning theory – issues like power, democracy, spatial patterns and globalisation- receive adequate attention in new urban approaches. The issue of aesthetics is also raised, as the author questions whether communities must be more than just attractive in order to be good. With the benefit of twenty years’ hindsight and a world-wide perspective, this book offers the reader unparalleled insight as well as a rigorous and considered critical analysis.
Table of contents:
Part 1: The Rise of New Urban Approaches
Chapter 1: New Urbanism(s) Ascendant
Chapter 2: Getting to (Sub)Urbanism
Chapter 3: Theory in New Urbanism
Part 2: New Urbanism(s) in Practice
Chapter 4: New Urbanism is Born: The American Experience
Chapter 5: Revamping Urbanism: The European Experience
Chapter 6: Modernizing Urbanism: New Urban Asia
Chapter 7: Colonial Urbanism: Canada Signs On
Part 3: The Prospects for New Urbanism(s)
Chapter 8: Reconciling New Urbanism’s Theory and Practice
Chapter 9: The Fate of New Urbanism
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