Ellin, Nan.

Good Urbanism : Six Steps to Creating Prosperous Places. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (190 pages) - Metropolitan Planning + Design Series . - Metropolitan Planning + Design Series .

Intro -- About Island Press -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Urban Desiderata: A Path toward Prosperity -- 3. The Tao of Urbanism: Rendering the Latent Manifest and the Possible Inevitable -- Case Studies: The High Line, Canalscape -- 4. Co-Creation: From Egosystem to Ecosystem -- Case Studies: Civic Center, Envision Utah, BIMStorm and Onuma System -- 5. Going with the Flow: The New Design with Nature -- Case Studies: Open Space Seattle 2100, The CEDAR Approach, University of Arkansas Community Design Center -- 6. The Art of Urbanism: A Practice Primer -- Case Studies: Sunrise Park, Groundwork -- 7. From Good to Great Urbanism: Beyond Sustainability to Prosperity -- 8. Sideways Urbanism: Rotating the Pyramid -- 9. Conclusion -- Appendix A: Themes/Features of Good Urbanism -- Appendix B: Good Urbanism Is -- Notes -- References -- Index -- BoD.

9781610914475


City planning.
Community development, Urban.


Electronic books.

HT166 .E45 2012

307.1/216