Items related to Designing Suburban Futures: New Models from Build a...
Synopsis
Suburbs deserve a better, more resilient future. June Williamson shows that suburbs aren't destined to remain filled with strip malls and excess parking lots; they can be reinvigorated through inventive design. Drawing on award-winning design ideas for revitalizing Long Island, she offers valuable models not only for U.S. suburbs, but also those emerging elsewhere with global urbanization.
Williamson argues that suburbia has historically been a site of great experimentation and is currently primed for exciting changes. Today, dead malls, aging office parks, and blighted apartment complexes are being retrofitted into walkable, sustainable communities. Williamson shows how to expand this trend, highlighting promising design strategies and tactics.
She provides a broad vision of suburban reform based on the best schemes submitted in Long Island's highly successful "Build a Better Burb" competition. Many of the design ideas and plans operate at a regional scale, tackling systems such as transit, aquifer protection, and power generation. While some seek to fundamentally transform development patterns, others work with existing infrastructure to create mixed-use, shared networks.
Designing Suburban Futures offers concrete but visionary strategies to take the sprawl out of suburbia, creating a vibrant, new suburban form. It will be especially useful for urban designers, architects, landscape architects, land use planners, local policymakers and NGOs, citizen activists, students of urban design, planning, architecture, and landscape architecture.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
June Williamson is Associate Professor in the Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York. She is coauthor, with Ellen Dunham-Jones, of Retrofitting Suburbia (9780470934326). She lives in New York, New York.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Search results for Designing Suburban Futures: New Models from Build a...
Stock Image
Designing Suburban Futures: New Models from Build a Better Burb
Published by
Island Press (edition 1), 2013
ISBN 10: 1597262412
ISBN 13: 9781597262415
Used
Paperback
Seller: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Seller Inventory # 1597262412-8-1
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Designing Suburban Futures: New Models from Build a Better Burb
Seller: HPB-Red, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
paperback. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority! Seller Inventory # S_436478655
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Designing Suburban Futures
Seller: Books Puddle, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Condition: New. pp. 160 Index. Seller Inventory # 2650465847
Quantity: 4 available
Stock Image
Designing Suburban Futures
Seller: Majestic Books, Hounslow, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: New. pp. 160 50 Illus. (Col.). Seller Inventory # 58045416
Quantity: 4 available
Stock Image
DESIGNING SUBURBAN FUTURES
Seller: Basi6 International, Irving, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Brand New. New. US edition. Expediting shipping for all USA and Europe orders excluding PO Box. Excellent Customer Service. Seller Inventory # ABEJUNE24-196983
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Designing Suburban Futures: New Models from Build a Better Burb
Seller: Toscana Books, AUSTIN, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: new. Excellent Condition.Excels in customer satisfaction, prompt replies, and quality checks. Seller Inventory # Scanned1597262412
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Designing Suburban Futures Format: Paperback
Published by
University of Chicago press, 2013
ISBN 10: 1597262412
ISBN 13: 9781597262415
New
Softcover
Seller: INDOO, Avenel, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: New. Brand New. Seller Inventory # 9781597262415
Quantity: Over 20 available
Stock Image
Designing Suburban Futures
Seller: Biblios, Frankfurt am main, HESSE, Germany
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: New. pp. 160 Epilogue. Seller Inventory # 1850465853
Quantity: 4 available
Stock Image
Designing Suburban Futures: New Models from Build a Better Burb
Seller: ALLBOOKS1, Direk, SA, Australia
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Brand new book. Fast ship. Please provide full street address as we are not able to ship to P O box address. Seller Inventory # SHUB196983
Quantity: 1 available
Seller Image
Designing Suburban Futures: New Models From Build a Better Burb
Published by
Island Press, Washington, 2013
ISBN 10: 1597262412
ISBN 13: 9781597262415
Used
Paperback
Seller: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 3 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Fine. Large quarto in color illus wraps; xvii, 137 pages: ilustrations; 27 cm; bibliographical references (pages 128-130) and index. "Suburbs deserve a better, more resilient future. June Williamson shows that suburbs aren't destined to remain filled with strip malls and excess parking lots; they can be reinvigorated through inventive design. Drawing on award-winning design ideas for revitalizing Long Island, she offers valuable models not only for U.S. suburbs, but also those emerging elsewhere with global urbanization. Williamson argues that suburbia has historically been a site of great experimentation and is currently primed for exciting changes. Today, dead malls, aging office parks, and blighted apartment complexes are being retrofitted into walkable, sustainable communities. Williamson shows how to expand this trend, highlighting promising design strategies and tactics. She provides a broad vision of suburban reform based on the best schemes submitted in Long Island's highly successful "Build a Better Burb" competition. Many of the design ideas and plans operate at a regional scale, tackling systems such as transit, aquifer protection, and power generation. While some seek to fundamentally transform development patterns, others work with existing infrastructure to create mixed-use, shared networks. Designing Suburban Futures offers concrete but visionary strategies to take the sprawl out of suburbia, creating a vibrant, new suburban form. It will be especially useful for urban designers, architects, landscape architects, land use planners, local policymakers and NGOs, citizen activists, students of urban design, planning, architecture, and landscape architecture."--Publisher. Contents: Vision: a role for design in suburban resilience -- Context for change -- Design culture responds to sprawl: 1960s to 2010s -- Better suburban futures -- Exemplar: building a better burb on Long Island -- Build a better burb 2010: instructions and commentary -- Winning and noteworthy competition schemes. / Urban planning; urban design. citires, towns, Urban Sprawl. Suburbs -- United States -- Planning.? Sustainable development -- United States.? D?veloppement durable -- ?tats-Unis.? Suburbs -- Planning. -- United States.? Sustainable development -- United States.? Suburbs -- Planning.? Sustainable development. Fine. Seller Inventory # 93780
Quantity: 1 available