Title: The regional city : planning for the end of sprawl /
Authors: Calthorpe, Peter.; Fulton, William B., 1955-
Publisher: Island Press,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Regional planning United States; Land use United States; Open spaces United States.; Metropolitan areas United States
Abstract: "We live in a world of regions, not nations, states, or cities. Today, most Americans live in an aggregation of cities and suburbs that forms one basic economic, ecological, cultural, and civic entity. These "Regional Cities" offer a framework for transforming urban and suburban neighborhoods from segregated enclaves with isolated uses into walkable, diverse, human-scale communities. They also set the stage for a discussion of our most critical quality of life issues - open space, traffic, affordable housing, economic development, social equity, and civic health."
Contents: pt. 1. The end of sprawl. Living in the regional world -- Communities of place -- pt. 2. The architecture of the regional city. Designing the region -- Public policy and the regional city -- The federal role in regionalism -- pt. 3. Regionalism emerging. Designing the regions: Portland, Salt Lake, and Seattle -- The superregions: New York, Chicago, and San Francisco -- State-led regionalism: Florida, Maryland, and Minnesota -- pt. 4. Renewing the region's communities. The suburb's maturation -- Renewing urban neighborhoods -- Conclusion: Transforming the edge city into the regional city -- Appendix: Charter of the new urbanism.