Suburban nation : the rise of sprawl and the decline of the American Dream

The Resource Suburban nation : the rise of sprawl and the decline of the American Dream
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Suburban nation : the rise of sprawl and the decline of the American Dream
Title remainder
the rise of sprawl and the decline of the American Dream
Statement of responsibility
Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck
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Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"Founders of the Congress for the New Urbanism, Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk assess sprawl's costs to society, be they ecological, economic, aesthetic, or social. This book is a lively critical lament, and an entertaining lesson on the distinctions between postwar suburbia - characterized by housing clusters, strip shopping centers, office parks, and parking lots - and the traditional neighborhoods that were built as a matter of course until mid-century. It indicts the design and development industries for the fact that America no longer builds towns. Most important, though, it is a book that also offers us solutions."--Jacket
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
307.76/0973
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
HT384.U5
LC item number
D83 2000
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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