The Fractured Metropolis improving the new city, restoring the old city, reshaping the region Barnett, Jonathan. creator text index nyu 1995 First paperback edition monographic eng
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250 p. ill. ; plans ; 23 cm In his latest book Jonathan Barnett explores the new realities and opportunities for the design of the metropolitan region. Architect, teacher, and urban designer, Barnett cites specific examples from around the country demonstrating how bypassed areas in the old city can become real estate opportunities, how new types of zoning can facilitate development at metropolitan edges without destroying the landscape, and how metropolitan planning can repair our environment and communities. The book describes ways to write effective urban and suburban planning guidelines; methods for making highways and transportation systems further overall planning goals; designs that make conservation areas and public places create more value for development; techniques for promoting successful historic districts; and much more, including the basic elements of city design and a national agenda for action. There are 152 plans, diagrams, and photographs integrated with the text -- Contents: 1. Introduction: The Fractured Metropolis 1 -- Part I. Improving the New City 15 -- 2. Accidental Cities or New Urban Centers 17 -- 3. Suburban Sprawl: Its Prevention and Cure 47 -- 4. Creating Communities 75 -- Part II: Restoring the Old City 93 -- 5. How the Metropolis Split Apart 95 -- 6. The Entrepreneurial Center 119 -- 7. Bypassed Areas: The New Urban Frontier 145 -- 8. Restoring Communities 161 -- Part III: Reshaping the Metropolitan Region 177 -- 9. The Changing Philosophy of Planning and Design 179 -- 10. The Elements of City Design 191 -- 11. A National Agenda for Action 221 -- Suggestions for Additional Reading 237 -- Illustrations Credits 242 -- Index 245 -- Jonathan Barnett. Includes index. City planning United States Regional planning United States Urban renewal United States Architecture City planning HT167 B38 1996 0064303969 9780064302227 pucpr 011210 20250915121312.0 eng