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The smart growth manual / Andres Duany, Jeff Speck with Mike Lydon.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : McGraw Hill Education, c2010Description: 1 volume (various pagings) : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780071376754
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HT 392 .D38 2010
Contents:
1. Regional principles -- 2. The regional plan -- 3. Regional transportation -- 4. Natural context -- 5. Neighborhood components -- 6. Neighborhood structure -- 7. Thoroughfare network -- 8. Thoroughfare design -- 9. Public streetscape -- 10. Private streetscape -- 11. Parking -- 12. Building types -- 13. Green construction -- 14Architectural design -- Appendix: Useful statements -- Smart growth directory -- Acknowledgments -- Image credits -- Index.
Summary: Everyone is calling for smart growth...but what exactly is it? In The Smart Growth Manual, two leading city planners provide a thorough answer. From the expanse of the metropolis to the detail of the window box, they address the pressing challenges of urban development with easy-to-follow advice and broad array of best practices. With their landmark book Suburban Nation, Andres Duany and Jeff Speck "set forth more clearly than anyone has done in our time the elements of good town planning" (The New Yorker). With this long-awaited companion volume, the authors have organized the latest contributions of new urbanism, green design, and healthy communities into a comprehensive handbook, fully illustrated with the built work of the nation's leading practitioners.
Item type: Books - Reference
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Books - Reference Books - Reference National University - Manila LRC - Architecture Reference COA General REF HT 392 .D38 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000001664

Includes index.

1. Regional principles -- 2. The regional plan -- 3. Regional transportation -- 4. Natural context -- 5. Neighborhood components -- 6. Neighborhood structure -- 7. Thoroughfare network -- 8. Thoroughfare design -- 9. Public streetscape -- 10. Private streetscape -- 11. Parking -- 12. Building types -- 13. Green construction -- 14Architectural design -- Appendix: Useful statements -- Smart growth directory -- Acknowledgments -- Image credits -- Index.

Everyone is calling for smart growth...but what exactly is it? In The Smart Growth Manual, two leading city planners provide a thorough answer. From the expanse of the metropolis to the detail of the window box, they address the pressing challenges of urban development with easy-to-follow advice and broad array of best practices. With their landmark book Suburban Nation, Andres Duany and Jeff Speck "set forth more clearly than anyone has done in our time the elements of good town planning" (The New Yorker). With this long-awaited companion volume, the authors have organized the latest contributions of new urbanism, green design, and healthy communities into a comprehensive handbook, fully illustrated with the built work of the nation's leading practitioners.

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