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A comprehensive full-color guide to applying new urbanist and green methodologies to urban and suburban growth.
From the authors of Suburban Nation, this full-color manual explains how to implement the strategies of new urbanism, green design, and urban sustainability. You will learn how to create and enhance mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly communities as an alternative to suburban sprawl. Sprawl, which evolved after World War II, is not a smart growth system - it does not pay for itself financially; it consumes land at an alarming rate; it produces transportation problems; and it promotes social inequity.
The Smart Growth Manual presents a clear blueprint for developing cities and suburbs in the most user-friendly, cost-efficient, and environmentally sustainable manner. The book covers preservation of natural amenities and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Neighborhood Development, and is lavishly illustrated with important examples of built work by leading urban designers.
Table of Contents
Introduction. Part 1: The Region. Chapter 1: Regional Principles. Chapter 2: The Regional Plan. Chapter 3: Regional Transportation. Part 2: The Neighborhood. Chapter 4: Natural Context. Chapter 5: Neighborhood Components. Chapter 6: Neighborhood Structure. Part 3: The Street. Chapter 7: Thoroughfare Network. Chapter 8: Thoroughfare Design. Chapter 9: Public Streetscape. Chapter 10: Private Streetscape. Chapter 11: Parking. Part 4: The Building. Chapter 12: Building Types. Chapter 13: Green Construction. Chapter 14: Architectural Design. Appendix (Useful Statements; Smart Growth Directory; Acknowledgments; Image Credits). Index.
About the Authors
Andres Duany a principal of Duany Plater-Zyberk, is an architect, planner, and founder of the Congress for New Urbanism. Jeff Speck is the Director of Town Planning for Duany Plater-Zyberk. He and Andres Duany coauthored the acclaimed book Suburban Nation (Farrar, Strauss & Giroux; 2000). Mike Lydon is a writer, activist, and urban planner specializing in alternative transportation and the public realm. |
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