Common Place: Toward Neighborhood and Regional Design (Samuel and Althea Stroum Books xx)

Kelbaugh, Douglas; Kelbaugh, Douglas S.

ISBN 10: 0295975903 / ISBN 13: 9780295975900

Published by University of Washington Press, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Common Place: Toward Neighborhood and Regional Design (Samuel and Althea Stroum Books xx)
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0295975903
• ISBN 13: 9780295975900
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Urban Design

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Synopsis

Common Place is about how we can develop community and create convivial and sustainable places in the face of disjointed and fast-paced growth. It offers strategies for reclaiming and repairing our neighborhoods and cities, which today are increasingly dominated by fear and disintegration and the automobile. Kelbaugh looks at New Urbanism, Urban Villages, Pedestrian Pockets, and Transit-Oriented Development ― concepts which he helped pioneer. Bridging academic theory and on-the-ground practice, Common Place is an indispensable book for designers, planners, city officials, developers, environmentalists, and citizens interested in understanding and shaping the American metropolis.

About the Author

Douglas Kelbaugh, is Dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. He is former principal in Kelbaugh, Calthorpe & Associates of Seattle and Kelbaugh & Lee of Princeton, New Jersey. His design work has won more than two dozen design awards and has been published in over 100 books and periodicals.