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The smart growth manual / Andres Duany, Jeff Speck with Mike Lydon.

By: Duany, Andres [author]Contributor(s): Speck, Jeff [joint author] | Lydon, Mike [joint author]Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2010Description: 1 v. (various pagings) : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cmISBN: 9780071376754; 0071376755Subject(s): CITIES AND TOWNS -- UNITED STATES -- GROWTH | LAND USE -- UNITED STATES | CITY PLANNING -- UNITED STATES | SUBURBS -- UNITED STATESLOC classification: HT 392 .D83 2010

Contents:

1. Regional principles -- 2. The regional plan -- 3. Regional transportation -- 4. Natural context -- 5. Neighborhood components -- 6. Neighborhood structure -- 7. Thoroughfare network -- 8. Thoroughfare design -- 9. Public streetscape -- 10. Private streetscape -- 11. Parking -- 12. Building types -- 13. Green construction -- 14Architectural design -- Appendix: Useful statements -- Smart growth directory -- Acknowledgments -- Image credits -- Index.

Summary: Everyone is calling for smart growth...but what exactly is it? In The Smart Growth Manual, two leading city planners provide a thorough answer. From the expanse of the metropolis to the detail of the window box, they address the pressing challenges of urban development with easy-to-follow advice and broad array of best practices. With their landmark book Suburban Nation, Andres Duany and Jeff Speck "set forth more clearly than anyone has done in our time the elements of good town planning" (The New Yorker). With this long-awaited companion volume, the authors have organized the latest contributions of new urbanism, green design, and healthy communities into a comprehensive handbook, fully illustrated with the built work of the nation's leading practitioners.

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Books	LRC - Architecture	National University - Manila	COA General	Reference	REF HT 392 .D38 2010 (Browse shelf (Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000001664

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Includes index.

Everyone is calling for smart growth...but what exactly is it? In The Smart Growth Manual, two leading city planners provide a thorough answer. From the expanse of the metropolis to the detail of the window box, they address the pressing challenges of urban development with easy-to-follow advice and broad array of best practices.

With their landmark book Suburban Nation, Andres Duany and Jeff Speck "set forth more clearly than anyone has done in our time the elements of good town planning" (The New Yorker). With this long-awaited companion volume, the authors have organized the latest contributions of new urbanism, green design, and healthy communities into a comprehensive handbook, fully illustrated with the built work of the nation's leading practitioners.

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