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For a decade, "Suburban Nation "has given voice to a growing
movement in North America to put an end to suburban sprawl and
replace the last century's automobile-based settlement patterns
with a return to more traditional planning. Founders of the
Congress for the New Urbanism, Andres Duany and Elizabeth
Plater-Zyberk are at the forefront of the movement, and even their
critics, such as Fred Barnes in "The Weekly Standard," recognized
that ""Suburban Nation "is likely to become this movement's bible."
A lively lament about the failures of postwar planning, this is
also that rare book that offers solutions: "an essential handbook"
("San Francisco Chronicle"). This tenth anniversary edition
includes a new preface by the authors.
Short-term, community-based projects - from pop-up parks to open
streets initiatives - have become a powerful and adaptable new tool
of urban activists, planners, and policy-makers seeking to drive
lasting improvements in their cities and beyond. These quick, often
low-cost, and creative projects are the essence of the Tactical
Urbanism movement. Whether creating vibrant plazas seemingly
overnight or re-imagining parking spaces as local gathering places,
they offer a way to gain public and government support for
investing in permanent projects, inspiring residents and civic
leaders to experience and shape urban spaces in a new way. Tactical
Urbanism, written by Mike Lydon and Anthony Garcia, two founders of
the movement, promises to be the foundational guide for urban
transformation. The authors begin with an in-depth history of the
Tactical Urbanism movement and its place among other social,
political, and urban planning trends, and a detailed set of case
studies demonstrate the breadth and scalability of tactical
urbanism interventions. Finally, the book provides a detailed
toolkit for conceiving, planning, and carrying out projects,
including how to adapt them based on local needs and challenges.
Tactical Urbanism will inspire and empower a new generation of
engaged citizens, urban designers, land use planners, architects,
and policymakers to become key actors in the transformation of
their communities.
Transect Urbanism: Readings in Human Ecology is the definitive
reference on the Rural-to-Urban Transect, a compilation of the most
important essays, diagrams, and images on the subject. It provides
historical, practical, and theoretical insights into one of the
most effective urban planning methodologies developed in the 20th
Century. The Transect is a unifying theory, serving as a framework
for the various fields of urban design. The editors selected the
most important previously published essays and commissioned
preeminent academics and professionals to write on the use of the
Transect in their areas of expertise, including retail, zoning,
thoroughfare design, environmental sustainability, and philosophy.
As diagrams and drawings are essential to the understanding and use
of the Transect, this book also contains the most complete
collection of Transect images ever published. Transect Urbanism
will serve as a primary reference source for academics, students,
and practitioners interested in creating great places.
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