The option of urbanism investing in a new American dream /

Main Author: Leinberger, Christopher B.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Island Press, c2008.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10272029
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Futurama and the 20th-century American dream
  • The rise of drivable sub-urbia
  • The standard real estate product types : why every place looks like every place else
  • Consequences of drivable sub-urban growth
  • The market rediscovers walkable urbanism
  • Defining walkable urbanism : why more is better
  • Unintended consequences of walkable urbanism
  • Achieving the next American dream : leveling the playing field and implementing walkable urbanism.