The Living City: How America's Cities Are Being Revitalized by Thinking Small in a Big Way

The Living City: How America's Cities Are Being Revitalized by Thinking Small in a Big Way
ISBN-10
0471144258
ISBN-13
9780471144250
Category
History
Pages
448
Language
English
Published
1995-07-19
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Author
Roberta Brandes Gratz

Description

THE LIVING CITY "An intelligent analysis. Sensible, undoctrinaire, evengood-humored. An appealing mixture of passion and clinicaldispassion." -Washington Post Book World "The best antidote I've read to the doom-and-gloom propheciesconcerning the future of urban America." -Bill Moyers "This is fresh and fascinating material; it is essential forunderstanding not only how to avoid repeating terrible mistakes ofthe past, but also how to recover from them." -Jane Jacobs, author of The Death and Life of Great AmericanCities From coast to coast across America there are countless urbansuccess stories about rejuvenated neighborhoods and resurgentbusiness districts. Roberta Brandes Gratz defines the phenomenon as"urban husbandry"-the care, management, and preservation of thebuilt environment nurtured by genuine participatory planningefforts of government, urban planners, and average citizens.

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