The next American metropolis : ecology, community, and the American dream / Peter Calthorpe.

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Calthorpe, Peter.

Title & Author:

The next American metropolis : ecology, community, and the American dream / Peter Calthorpe.

Publication:

Description:

175 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Guidelines. Definitions ; Guiding principles ; Ecology and habitat ; Core commercial areas ; Residential areas ; Secondary areas ; Parks, plazas, and civic buildings ; Street and circulation system ; Pedestrian and bicycle system ; Transit system ; Parking requirements and configuration -- Projects. Regional plans ; Station area plans ; New neighborhoods ; Towns and new towns.
Also issued online.

Summary:

"Advocates a fundamental change in patterns of building to respond to the growth crisis in US metropolitan regions. Defines a new direction, and provides guidelines--not an architectural manifesto or utopian proposal, but the alternatives currently shaping debate regarding housing, traffic, and environmental and social problems. Describes numerous real projects from various regions." -- Publisher's website.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

1878271687 (paperback)
9781878271686 (paperback)

Subject:

City planning United States.
Urban ecology (Sociology) United States.
Metropolitan areas United States.
Écologie urbaine États-Unis.
City planning
Metropolitan areas
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Großstadt
Stadtplanung
Stadtökologie
Stedelijke ontwikkeling.
Stadsbevolking.
Leefmilieu.
United States
USA

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Location: Library main 75139
Call No.: ID:92-B2441
Status: Available

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