Talen, Emily  1958- <br/><br/>
New Urbanism and American Planning :  the conflict of cultures. /  txt 
Emily Talen. 
 - 318p.   ill. ; maps ;  23 cm.  book 
 - Planning, history, and environment series .
 - Planning, history, and the environment series. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Departments:<br/>Foreword Andrés Duany vii --<br/>Acknowledgements ix --<br/>Chapter 1 Introduction: Defining American Urbanism 1 --<br/>Chapter 2 Framework: Four Urbanist Cultures 16 --<br/>Chapter 3 Principles: Urbanism vs. Anti-Urbanism 37 --<br/>Chapter 4 Incrementalism: Beauty, Redemption, Conservation and Complexity 69 --<br/>Chapter 5 Urban Plan-Making: the City Beautiful and the City Efficient 111 --<br/>Chapter 6 Planned Communities 158 --<br/>Chapter 7 Regionalism 213 --<br/>Chapter 8 Successes and Failures 251 --<br/>Chapter 9 Conclusion: the Survival of the New Urbanism 274 --<br/>Bibliography 291 --<br/>Index 309 --<br/> 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415701325  0415701333  9780415701327 9780415701334 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005009165 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>City planning--History.--United States<br/>Cities and towns--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HT167  / T35 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>307.1/216/0973