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Walters, David
Design first: design-based planning for communities
1. City planning
I. Title II. Brown, Linda Luise
307.1
216
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ISBN 0 7506 5934 3
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Contents
Acknowledgements
viii
Credits
ix
Introduction: History, Theory and Contemporary Practice
1
Part I
History
5
Chapter 1
Paradigms Lost and Found: Dilemmas of the Anglo-American City
7
Synopsis
7
The Role of History
7
Modernism in Operation
10
Anti-modernist Reactions
16
Real Places and Virtual Communities
22
Chapter 2
Cities, Suburbs and Sprawl
29
Synopsis
29
The Evolution of the Anglo-American Suburb
29
From Suburb to Sprawl: The Devolution of The American Environment
43
Part II
Theory
51
Chapter 3
Traditional Urbanism: New Urbanism and Smart Growth
53
Synopsis
53
The Origins, Concepts and Evolution of New Urbanism
53
New Urbanism and Smart Growth
66
Myths and Criticisms of Smart Growth and New Urbanism
68
Chapter 4
Devices and Designs: Sources of Good Urbanism
75
Synopsis
75
The Affirmation of Place
75
Urban Design Methodologies
79
The Street and Café Society
89