Designing Suburban Futures New Models from Build a Better Burb /

• Main Author: Williamson, June. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2013.
• Subjects: Environmental sciences.; Regional planning.; Architecture.; Urban Ecology.; Environment.; Environment, general.; Cities, Countries, Regions.; Urbanism.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Architecture, general.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-527-4

Suburbs deserve a better, more resilient future. June Williamson shows that suburbs aren't destined to remain filled with strip malls and excess parking lots; they can be reinvigorated through inventive design. Drawing on award-winning design ideas for revitalizing Long Island, she offers valua...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Foreword; Ellen Dunham-Jones
• Introduction
• Context for Change
• Design Culture Responds to Sprawl: 1960s to 2010s
• Better Suburban Futures
• Build a Better Burb 2010: Instructions and Commentary
• Winning and Noteworthy Competition Schemes. Sited in the Setback: Increasing Density in Levittown. Upcycling 2.0. AgIsland. Building C-Burbia. SUBHUB Transit System. Long Division. LIRR: Long Island Radically Rezoned. Noteworthy Competition Schemes
• Conclusion
• Epilogue: New Roles for Architecture and Urban Design. A conversation with Kazys Varnelis
• Selected Bibliography
• Credits
• Index.