06353nam a2200289Ia 4500003000600000005001700006008004100023020001500064020001800079040003400097050002100131082002000152100002300172245007500195250001200270264003600282300003600318336002600354337002800380338002700408504005100435505483100486520063805317650005605955650003406011651001806045pucpr20210310174601.0011510s2002 nyuaoe b 001 0 eng  a0071373675 a9780071373678 apucprbengcpucprdpucprerda00aNA9105bG37 200200a711/.4/09732211 aGarvin, Alexander.14aThe American city :bwhat works, what doesn't.cAlexander Garvin.htxt a2nd ed. aNew York :bMcGraw-Hill,c2002. axiv, 560 p.bill.c28 cm.fbook 2rdacontentatextbtxt 2rdamediaaunmediadedbn 2rdacarrieravolumebnc aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 a1. A REALISTIC APPROACH TO CITY AND SUBURBAN PLANNING -- Defining the Planning Process -- A New Approach to Urban Planning -- Notes -- 2. INGREDIENTS OF SUCCESS -- Market -- Location -- Design -- Financing -- Entrepreneurship -- Time -- Manipulating the Ingredients of Success to Obtain Desirable Private-Market Reaction -- The Role of Government -- Notes -- 3. PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS -- Nature as Restorative -- Recreation as Therapy -- Standardization and Mass Production -- Midcourse Correction -- The Adventure Playground -- Community Gardens -- Parks as a Strategic Public Investment -- Using Parks to Initiate Urbanization -- Using Parks to Change Land Use Patterns -- Using Park Systems to Change Entire Cities -- Ingredients of Success -- Parks as Planning Strategy -- Notes -- 4. PALACES FOR THE PEOPLE -- World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 -- Civic Centers -- Cultural Centers -- Sports Centers -- Convention Centers -- Ingredients of Success -- Palaces for the People as a Planning Strategy -- Notes -- 5. RETAIL SHOPPING -- Retail Strips -- Public Markets -- Department Stores -- Shopping Centers -- Shopping Arcades -- Suburban Malls -- Urban Malls -- Reviving Urban Retail Districts -- The Festival Marketplace -- Off-Price Retailers -- Prepackaged Urbanity -- Mixed-Use Centers -- Ingredients of Success -- Retailing as a Planning Strategy -- Notes -- 6. URBAN REDEVELOPMENT -- Le Corbusier's Vision -- Adapting the City of Tomorrow to Postwar America -- A National Program -- The New Working Environment -- The New Residential Environment -- Opposition -- Transfiguration and Death -- Ingredients of Success -- Redevelopment as a Planning Strategy -- Notes -- 7. PLANNING FOR PEDESTRIANS -- Pedestrian Precincts -- Business Improvement Districts -- Ingredients of Success -- Creating a Pedestrian-Friendly Environment as a Planning Strategy -- Notes -- 8. INCREASING THE HOUSING SUPPLY -- Providing a Stable Supply of Mortgage Money -- Standardized Mortgages for a National Market -- Multifamily Housing -- The Savings and Loan Crisis -- Ingredients of Success -- Increasing the Housing Supply as a Planning Strategy -- Notes -- 9. REDUCING HOUSING COST -- Subsidizing Supply -- Reducing Development Costs -- Reducing Economic Rent -- Increasing After-Tax Income -- Subsidizing Demand -- Supplementing Rent -- Ingredients of Success -- Reducing Housing Cost as a Planning Strategy -- Notes -- 10. HOUSING REHABILITATION -- The Housing Stock -- Determining the Level of Rehabilitation -- Three Government Rehabilitation Experiments -- Three Citywide Rehabilitation Programs -- Ingredients of Success -- Rehabilitation as a Planning Strategy -- Notes -- 11. CLEARING THE SLUMS -- The Bad Environment -- Strategy 1: The Self-Contained Enclave -- Strategy 2: The Superblock -- Strategy 3: A Net Increase in Apartments -- Strategy 4: Removing Frictional Blight -- Strategy 5: Concentrated, Coordinated Government Action -- The Critics -- Ingredients of Success -- Housing Redevelopment as a Planning Strategy -- Notes -- 12. REVITALIZING NEIGHBORHOODS -- Neighborhood Dynamics -- Neighborhood Revitalization Programs -- Ingredients of Success -- Neighborhood Revitalization as a Planning Strategy -- Notes -- 13. RESIDENTIAL SUBURBS -- Rectilinear Subdivisions -- Curvilinear Subdivisions -- Cluster Communities -- The New Urbanism -- Ingredients of Success -- A Planning Strategy for the Suburban Landscape -- Notes -- 14. NEW-TOWNS-IN-TOWNS -- Utopia arouund the Corner -- The National Effort to Build New-Towns-in-Town -- New City Districts -- Ingredients of Success -- New-Towns-in-Towns as a Planning Strategy -- Notes -- 15. NEW-TOWNS-IN-THE-COUNTRY -- Ebenezer Howard and the Garden City -- The Vacation Refuge New Town -- The Utopian Satellite New Town -- National Policy Initiatives -- Neotraditional New Towns -- Ingredients of Success -- The New Town as a Planning Strategy -- Notes -- 16. LAND USE REGULATION -- Private Land Use Regulation -- The Police Power -- The Role of Federal, State, and Local Government -- Land Use Regulation Strategies -- Comprehensive Zoning -- Incentive Zoning -- Exactions -- Special Districts -- Growth Management -- Environmental Review -- Ingredients of Success -- Land Use Regulation as a Planning Strategy --Notes -- 17. PRESERVING THE PAST --Preserving the Old and Historic -- Instant Roots and Ersatz History -- Protecting the Cultural Patrimony -- Paying for Landmark Preservation -- An Activist Approach -- Ingredients of Success -- Historic Preservation as a Planning Strategy -- Notes -- 18. COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING -- Burnham and Company -- A National Movement -- Visions of the Future Metropolis -- Synergistic Government Expenditures -- Planning as a Continuing Process -- Ingredients of Success -- Comprehensive Planning as a City Strategy -- Notes. aPublisher Description (unedited publisher data) This comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to urban planning and design in America analyzes key projects initiated in 250 U.S. urban areas and details which strategies and programs were successful and which failed. New to the Second Edition: * New sections on stadiums, entertainment centers, business improvement districts, tax credit housing * Checklists and tables for field use * A review of recent failures and successes This classic reference, fully revised for the new millennium, provides proven strategies for professionals and invaluable real-world insights for students. 0aCity planningzUnited States.vCase studies.2Local 0aUrban renewalzUnited States. 0aUnited States