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Title:

Toward the livable city / edited by Emilie Buchwald.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Milkweed Editions,

Copyright Date:

2003

Description:

301 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

City planning.
Architecture--Human factors.
Architecture and society

Other Authors:

Buchwald, Emilie.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Subject index. James Howard Kunstler -- [pt. 5]. lived-in city/the siren suburbs -- The lived-in city : a place in time / Jane Holtz Kay -- Divorcing the city / Lynda Morgenroth -- [pt. 2]. Between city and suburb : automania -- Selections from Roadkill Bill / Ken Avidor -- [pt. 3]. What makes a city livable? -- Cambridge walking / Sara St. Antoine -- City places, sacred spaces / Terrell F. Dixon -- Food for the city, from the city / Kristin Brennan -- Mixed use in the city / Mary Françoise Rockcastle -- The empty harbor and the dilemma of waterfront development / Phillip Lopate -- Reinventing a vibrant riverfront / Judith A. Martin -- The backside of civility / Emily Hiestand -- [pt. 4]. Planning for change -- If you build it, will they change? / Bill McKibben -- The region : the true city / Myron Orfield -- Opportunity-based housing / John A. Powell -- A burden, a blessing / Tony Hiss -- How to fall in love with your hometown / Jay Walljasper -- [pt. 5]. What if? -- Cities of the future in the long emergency / James Howard Kunstler -- Charter of the new urbanism -- Additional reading -- Public interest organizations -- Subject index.

ISBN:

9781571312716 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1571312714 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52208601

LCCN:

2003010374

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)