New York Neighborhoods - Addressing Sustainable City Principles [electronic resource] /
Rauscher, Raymond Charles.author.
This book examines the neighborhoods of New York City to determine to what extent planning in New York addresses Sustainable City Principles (SCPs). Part I looks at the background to planning urban areas in the face of global urban changes. These changes (i.e. population movements and densification of cities) are placing pressures on cities worldwide. Chapter 1 provides a background to these global pressures (i.e. population growth) and their implications. Chapter 2 looks closer at New York planning and introduces Sustainable City Principles (SCPs). Part II introduces nine selected neighborhoods within Manhattan and examines to what extent planning of these neighborhoods addresses the SCPs. For each chapter a neighborhood background is provided and results of the author's field survey are reviewed. Part III examines the selected neighborhoods within Brooklyn to determine to what extent planning of those neighborhoods addresses the SCPs. Part IV examines the last three neighborhoods (in Queens) and addresses the SCPs. Part V examines conclusions reached from examining the nine neighborhoods. These conclusions are used to determine the extent that the City Council (and the community) are addressing SCPs in planning neighborhoods. Finally, lessons learned from these conclusions are assessed for their relevance to planning neighborhoods anywhere in the world.
Includes bibliographical references.
Part 1: Global Urban Change -- Chapter 1. Global Changes and Implications for Cities -- Chapter 2. New York and Sustainable City Principles -- Part II : Manhattan Neighborhoods and sustainable City Principles -- Chapter 3. Lower East Side and Sustainable City Principles -- Chapter 4. Greenwich Village and Sustainable City Principles -- Chapter 5. Hell's Kitchen and Sustainable City Principles -- Part III : Brooklyn Neighborhoods and Sustainable City -- Chapter 6. DUMBO and Sustainable City Principles -- Chapter 7. Brooklyn Downtown and Sustainable City Principles -- Chapter 8. Greenpoint and Sustainable City Principles -- Part IV: Queens Neighborhoods and Sustainable City Principles -- Chapter 9 . Astoria and Sustainable City Principles -- Chapter 10. Jackson Heights and Sustainable City Principles -- Chapter 11. Long Island City and Sustainable City Principles -- Part V : Conclusions and Future Directions -- Ch apter 12. Directions for Planning Sustainable Cities and Neighborhoods.
This book examines the neighborhoods of New York City to determine to what extent planning in New York addresses Sustainable City Principles (SCPs). Part I looks at the background to planning urban areas in the face of global urban changes. These changes (i.e. population movements and densification of cities) are placing pressures on cities worldwide. Chapter 1 provides a background to these global pressures (i.e. population growth) and their implications. Chapter 2 looks closer at New York planning and introduces Sustainable City Principles (SCPs). Part II introduces nine selected neighborhoods within Manhattan and examines to what extent planning of these neighborhoods addresses the SCPs. For each chapter a neighborhood background is provided and results of the author's field survey are reviewed. Part III examines the selected neighborhoods within Brooklyn to determine to what extent planning of those neighborhoods addresses the SCPs. Part IV examines the last three neighborhoods (in Queens) and addresses the SCPs. Part V examines conclusions reached from examining the nine neighborhoods. These conclusions are used to determine the extent that the City Council (and the community) are addressing SCPs in planning neighborhoods. Finally, lessons learned from these conclusions are assessed for their relevance to planning neighborhoods anywhere in the world.
Sustainable development.
Regional planning.
Urban planning.
Human geography.
Sociology, Urban.
Emigration and immigration.
Sustainable Development.
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.
Human Geography.
Urban Studies/Sociology.
Migration.