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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Marshall, Alex, 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2000.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Constructs series.
Subjects:
City planning.
Cities and towns > Growth.
Suburbs.
Social psychology.
Social participation.
Psychology, Social
Social Participation
City Planning
Urbanisme.
Villes > Croissance.
Banlieues.
Psychologie sociale.
Participation sociale.
social psychology.
urban planning.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
Cities and towns > Growth
City planning
Social participation
Social psychology
Suburbs
Stedelijke ontwikkeling.
Leefbaarheid.
Stadscultuur.
Voorsteden.
Psychosociale aspecten.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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