The Humane Metropolis
Subtitle: People And Nature in the Twenty-first Century City
Edition: Har/DVD edition
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press; University of Massachusetts Press in association with Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge
Published: September 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9781558495531
Subjects: Urban communities; United States; Greenbelts; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Nature; Environmental Studies; Sociology - Urban; Nature/Ecology; Planning; Environmental Science; Ecology; Urban ecology; City planning; Congresses
Description: "Four-fifths of Americans now live in the nation's sprawling metropolitan areas, and half of the world's population is now classified as "urban." As cities become the dominant living environment for humans, there is growing concern about how to make such places more habitable, more healthy and safe, more ecological, and more equitable-in short, more "humane."" "This book explores the prospects for a more humane metropolis through a series of essays and case studies that consider why and how urban places can be made greener and more amenable. Its point of departure is the legacy of William H. Whyte (1917-1999), one of America's most admired urban thinkers. Whyte laid the foundation for today's "smart growth" and "new urbanist" movements with books such as The Last Landscape (1968). His passion for improving the habitability of cities and suburbs is reflected in the diverse grassroots urban design and regreening strategies discussed in this volume. Included in the back of the book is a DVD of a 22-minute film created by Ted White, which serves as a companion to the text. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.