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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480791503321

Autore

Mehrhoff W. Arthur

Titolo

Community design [[electronic resource] ] : a team approach to dynamic community systems / / W. Arthur Mehrhoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1999

ISBN

1-4522-6342-6

0-7619-0596-0

1-322-41571-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (159 p.)

Collana

Cities and planning series ; ; 4

Disciplina

307.12

307.120973

Soggetti

City planning - United States

Community development - United States

Land use, Urban - United States

Urban policy - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-132) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Series Editor's Introduction; Prologue; Part I - The Need for Community Design; Chapter 1 - The Third Wave: A Changing American Landscape; Chapter 2 - Community: A Wave or a Particle?; Chapter 3 - Is There a Place for Places in Community?; Part II - Methods of Community Design; Chapter 4 - Action Research: The Foundation of Community Design; Chapter 5 - Community in the Third Dimension; Chapter 6 - Gauging Community Opinion; Chapter 7 - You've Gotta Have Connections: Community Design as a Healing Process; Epilogue: Genius Loci; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

'Community Design' focuses on the author's experience and work in Minnesota where a design team of architects, planners, economic and community development practitioners provided planning and design assistance to local communities.