Civitas by design : building better communities, from the garden city to the new urbanism /

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Since the end of the nineteenth century, city planners have aspired not only to improve the physical living conditions of urban residents but also to strengthen civic ties through better design of built environments. From Ebenezer Howard and his vision for garden cities to today's New Urbanists...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gillette, Howard, Jr., 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies.
Temas:
Urbanization > United States > History.
Community development > United States > History.
City planning > United States > History.
Urbanisation > États-Unis > Histoire.
Développement communautaire > États-Unis > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civics & Citizenship.
City planning
Community development
Urbanization
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Progressive reform through environmental intervention
  • The garden city in America
  • The city : film as artifact
  • The evolution of neighborhood planning
  • The planned shopping center in suburb and city
  • James Rouse and American city planning
  • The new urbanism: "organizing things that matter"
  • Civitas in the design of low-income housing.

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