Civitas by Design: Building Better Communities, from the Garden City to the New Urbanism
"Gillette expertly and efficiently marches the reader through the main planning and reform movements of the late nineteenth, twentieth, and early twenty-first centuries, focusing on those thinkers, movements, and places that reflect a concern for the utility of design in promoting good community life."—Planning Perspectives"Howard Gillette provides a masterful survey of major themes in American planning and social thought over the course of the twentieth century on the proper design and function of urban areas. The title reflects the longstanding belief that improved design will create not simply better buildings and public spaces but truly engaged citizens."—David Schuyler, author ofFrom Garden City to Green City: The Legacy of Ebenezer Howard