Grant, Jill.

Planning the good community : new urbanism in theory and practice / Jill Grant.

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

xxv, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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"This book examines new urban approaches both in theory and practice. Taking a critical look at how new urbanism lives up to its theory in its practice, it asks whether new urban approaches offer a viable path to the good community." "With examples drawn principally from the United States, Canada, Britain, Germany, Belgium, Norway, and Japan, this book explores new urban approaches in a wide range of settings. It considers the relationship between the movements for urban villages and an urban renaissance that has spread in the UK and Europe with the 'New Urbanism' movement in the United States and Canada and asks whether the concerns that drive contemporary planning theory - issues like power, democracy, spatial patterns, and globalization - receive adequate attention in new urban approaches. Does new urbanism offer a persuasive normative theory of urban development that will shape planning practice for years to come, or a design paradigm that cannot transcend its cultural origins in a particular time and place?"--Jacket.

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City planning.
Sociology, Urban.
Cities and towns Growth.
City Planning
Urbanisme.
Sociologie urbaine.
Villes Croissance.
urban sociology.
urban planning.
Aménagement urbain.
Villes.
Etudes de cas.

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Cote: BIB 179324
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