Good urbansim
Subtitle: six steps to creating prosperous places
By: Nan Ellin
Series: Metropolitan planning + design
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9781610913645; 9781610913744
Subjects: City planning; Urban Community development
Description: "We all have a natural nesting instinct—we know what makes a good place. And a consensus has developed among urban planners and designers about the essential components of healthy, prosperous communities. So why aren’t these ideals being put into practice? In Good Urbanism, Nan Ellin identifies the obstacles to creating thriving environments, and presents a six-step process to overcome them: prospect, polish, propose, prototype, promote, present. She argues that we need to reach beyond conventional planning to cultivate good ideas and leverage the resources to realize them. Ellin illustrates the process with ten exemplary projects, from Envision Utah to Open Space Seattle. Each case study shows how to pair vision with practicality, drawing on our best natural instincts and new planning tools."--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.