Good urbanism : six steps to creating prosperous places / Nan Ellin.

We all have a natural nesting instinct-we know what makes a good place. And a consensus has developed among urban planners and designers about the essential components of healthy, prosperous communities. So why aren't these ideals being put into practice? In Good Urbanism, Nan Ellin identifies...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Ellin, Nan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2012.
Series:Metropolitan planning + design.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Urban Desiderata: A Path toward Prosperity
  • The Tao of Urbanism: Rendering the Latent Manifest and the Possible Inevitable
  • Co-Creation: From Egosystem to Ecosystem
  • Going with the Flow: The New Design with Nature
  • The Art of Urbanism:A Practice Primer
  • From Good to Great Urbanism: Beyond Sustainability to Prosperity
  • Sideways Urbanism: Rotating the Pyramid
  • Conclusion.