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The option of urbanism : investing in a new American dream / Christopher B. Leinberger.

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author:	Leinberger, Christopher B.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2008.
Subjects:	Urbanization > United States. Community development, Urban. Suburbs > United States. Cities and towns > United States > Growth. City planning > United States. Sustainable development > United States. Cities and towns > Growth. City planning. Suburbs. Sustainable development. Urbanization. United States.

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.