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New urbanism and American planning [electronic resource] : the conflict of cultures / Emily Talen.

By:

Talen, Emily, 1958-

Contributor(s):

ProQuest (Firm)

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Planning, history, and the environment seriesPublication details: New York : Routledge, 2005.Description: x, 318 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

DDC classification:

307.12160973 22

LOC classification:

HT167 .T35 2005

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Summary: "Presents the history of American planners' quest for good cities and shows how New Urbanism is a culmination of ideas that have been evolving since the nineteenth century. Identifies four approaches to city-making: incrementalism, plan-making, planned communities, and regionalism. Shows how these cultures connect, overlap, and conflict"--Provided by publisher.

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Ebook	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online	eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-308) and index.

"Presents the history of American planners' quest for good cities and shows how New Urbanism is a culmination of ideas that have been evolving since the nineteenth century. Identifies four approaches to city-making: incrementalism, plan-making, planned communities, and regionalism. Shows how these cultures connect, overlap, and conflict"--Provided by publisher.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.