TY  - BOOK
AU  - Talen,Emily
TI  - New Urbanism and American Planning: the conflict of cultures. 
T2  - Planning, history, and environment series
SN  - 0415701325 
AV  - HT167 T35 2008
U1  - 307.1/216/0973 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - City planning
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Local
KW  - Cities and towns
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Departments:
Foreword Andrés Duany vii --
Acknowledgements ix --
Chapter 1 Introduction: Defining American Urbanism 1 --
Chapter 2 Framework: Four Urbanist Cultures 16 --
Chapter 3 Principles: Urbanism vs. Anti-Urbanism 37 --
Chapter 4 Incrementalism: Beauty, Redemption, Conservation and Complexity 69 --
Chapter 5 Urban Plan-Making: the City Beautiful and the City Efficient 111 --
Chapter 6 Planned Communities 158 --
Chapter 7 Regionalism 213 --
Chapter 8 Successes and Failures 251 --
Chapter 9 Conclusion: the Survival of the New Urbanism 274 --
Bibliography 291 --
Index 309 --

N2  - "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
ER  -