Repairing the American Metropolis: Common Place Revisited (Samuel and Althea Stroum Books)

Kelbaugh, Doug

ISBN 10: 0295982306 / ISBN 13: 9780295982304

Published by Univ of Washington Pr (edition First Edition), 2002

About this Item

With dust jacket. It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Repairing the American Metropolis: Common Place Revisited (Samuel and Althea Stroum Books)
• Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0295982306
• ISBN 13: 9780295982304
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

About this title

Synopsis

Following up on his earlier work Common Place , Kelbaugh (architecture and urban planning, U. of Michigan) suggests steps for implementing the concepts of New Urbanism on the American landscape. Based on ideals of community and sustainability, the New Urbanism seeks to downplay planning around the automobile, conserve natural resources, promote mixed usage areas, and visually fit the built environment into the natural environment. Although his topic is the American city in general, many examples are taken from Detroit and Seattle. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About the Author

Douglas Kelbaugh is Dean of the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan, and former principal in Kelbaugh, Calthorpe & Associates in Seattle and in Kelbaugh + Lee in Princeton, New Jersey-firms that won a score of design awards and competitions. Among many other writings he co-authored the national best seller The Pedestrian Pocket Book.