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DIY City - The Collective Power of Small Actions (Paperback)
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DIY City - The Collective Power of Small Actions (Paperback)
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Some utopian plans have shaped our cities, from England's New Towns
and Garden Cities to the Haussmann plan for Paris and the L'Enfant
plan for Washington, DC. But these grand plans are the exception,
and seldom turn out as envisioned by the utopian planner. Inviting
city neighbourhoods are more often works of improvisation on a
small scale. This type of bottom-up development gives cities both
their character and the ability to respond to sudden change. Hank
Dittmar, urban planner, friend of artists and creatives, sometime
rancher, believed in letting small things happen. Dittmar concluded
that big plans were often the problem. Looking at the global cities
of the world, he saw a crisis of success, with gentrification and
global capital driving up home prices in some cities, while others
decayed for lack of investment. In DIY City, Dittmar explains why
individual initiative, small-scale business, and small development
matter, using lively stories from his own experience and examples
from recent history, such as the revival of Camden Lock in London
and the nascent rebirth of Detroit. DIY City, Dittmar's last
original work, captures the lessons he learned throughout the
course of his varied career, from transit-oriented development to
Lean Urbanism, that can be replicated to create cities where people
can flourish. DIY City is a timely response to the challenges many
cities face today, with a short supply of affordable housing,
continued gentrification, and offshore investment. Dittmar's answer
to this crisis is to make Do-It-Yourself the norm rather than the
exception by removing the barriers to small-scale building and
local business. The message of DIY City can offer hope to anyone
who cares about cities.
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