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How cities work : suburbs, sprawl, and the roads not taken /

The author explores "the decentralized spread of California's Silicon Valley, the crowded streets of New York City's Jackson Heights neighborhood, the controlled growth of Portland, Oregon, and the stage-set facades of Disney's planned community, Celebration, Florida," and a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marshall, Alex, 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2000.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Constructs series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A tale of two towns : Kissimmee versus Celebration and the new urbanism
  • The end of place
  • The deconstructed city : the silicon valley
  • Trading places : the city and the suburb
  • Jackson Heights : an anachronism finds its way
  • The master hand : the role of government in building cities
  • Portland and Oregon : taming the forces that create the modern metropolitan area
  • No place called home : community at the millennium
  • Getting there : building healthy cities.