Civitas by Design: Building Better Communities, from the Garden City to the New Urbanism
- ISBN-10
- 0812222229
- ISBN-13
- 9780812222227
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-12-17
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Author
- Howard Gillette
Description
Civitas by Design takes a critical look at the history of the use of urban planning to strengthen civic ties in the United States over the course of the twentieth century.
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