Planning the new suburbia [[electronic resource] ] : flexibility by design / / Avi Friedman ; with David Krawitz ... [et al.]
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| Autore: |
Friedman Avi <1952->
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| Titolo: |
Planning the new suburbia [[electronic resource] ] : flexibility by design / / Avi Friedman ; with David Krawitz ... [et al.]
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| Pubblicazione: | Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 307.74 |
| Soggetto topico: | Suburbs |
| City planning | |
| Community development, Urban | |
| Altri autori: |
KrawitzDavid
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| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Reformers and Regulations -- Evolution of the Suburban Ideal -- Designing Flexible Out growth: Precedent Models -- Planning for Change within Existing Communities -- Planning for Change of New Communities -- Planning for Change of New Communities in Old Neighbourhoods -- A Look to the Future -- Bibliography -- Credits -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The suburbs house two-thirds of North America's population and are the subject of much debate and criticism. Planning the New Suburbia, by Avi Friedman, explores this phenomenon and proposes ways to respond to the challenge of creating affordable, adaptable, and environmentally sustainable neighbourhoods. An architect and planner, Friedman suggests new methods of design and regulation that would enable urban planners to conceive and inhabitants to adapt suburban communities and homes to their evolving needs, as a result of changing family size, an aging population, or new working conditions. Friedman surveys the evolution of urban planning, the history of "ideal" communities, the development of North American suburbs, and the theory behind flexible suburban design. Three case studies offer practical examples of his approach, and all are generously illustrated with drawings, plans, and photographs to demonstrate Friedman's ideas in action. Rather than dismissing a suburb as an unattractive, impersonal sprawl, Friedman shows how they can be modified into an affordable, sustainable, and adaptable community. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Planning the new suburbia |
| ISBN: | 1-283-11164-0 |
| 9786613111647 | |
| 0-7748-5013-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910781135303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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