Good Urbanism Six Steps to Creating Prosperous Places /

• Main Author: Ellin, Nan. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2013.
• Series: Metropolitan Planning + Design
• Subjects: Environmental sciences.; Architecture.; Endangered ecosystems.; Renewable energy sources.; Environment.; Environment, general.; Landscape Architecture.; Urbanism.; Ecosystems.; Renewable and Green Energy.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-447-5

We all have a natural nesting instinctwe know what makes a good place. And a consensus has developed among urban planners and designers about the essential components of healthy, prosperous communities. So why arent these ideals being put into practice? In Good Urbanism, Nan Ellin identifies the o...

Table of 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.