1st Edition
Building the New Urbanism Places, Professions, and Profits in the American Metropolitan Landscape
By Aaron Passell
Copyright 2013
160 Pages
24 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
160 Pages
24 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
160 Pages
24 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The New Urbanism is perhaps the most influential movement that has emerged in suburban design, planning, and development in recent decades. It proposes to reform conventional suburban development by "building community." Building the New Urbanism asks "why new urbanism now?" to provide the first in-depth sociological investigation of the emergence of this phenomenon.
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1. Introduction 2. Before the New Urbanism 3. Making a Movement 4. Reimagining the Suburbs, Beginning to Build 5. Surviving its Critics and Reinforcing its Position 6. Making New Urbanist Places 7. Conclusion: The Built Environment Is a Social Process
Biography
Aaron Passell is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Furman University. He specializes in the urban and suburban built environments, their development and redevelopment, and associated questions of social equity and environmental impact. His current research concerns urban historic districts and processes of neighborhood change.
