TY - BOOK AU - Ellin,Nan ED - NetLibrary, Inc. TI - Integral urbanism SN - 0415952271 AV - NA9050 .E45 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - Oxon PB - Routledge KW - City planning KW - Environmental aspects KW - Local KW - Quality of life KW - Architecture and society KW - Architecture KW - Human factors KW - Urbanisme KW - Aspect de l'environnement KW - Facteurs humains KW - Architecture et société KW - Qualité de la vie N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-183) and index; Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-183) and index; Introduction -- What is integral urbanism? -- Five qualities of an integral urbanism -- Hybridity & connectivity -- Porosity -- Authenticity -- Vulnerability -- Slash city (/city) -- Conclusion N2 - "'Integral Urbanism' is an ambitious and forward-looking theory of urbanism intended for planners and architects looking for new models to improve the quality of urban life. The model that Ellin proposes stands as an antidote to the problems engendered by modern and postmodern urban planning and architecture: sprawl, anomie, a pervasive culture (and architecture) of fear in cities, and a disregard for environmental issues. Moving away from the escapist and reactive tendencies of modern and postmodern planning, Ellin champions an 'integral' approach, arguing that we should work towards the re-integration of urban milieus that planners and architects typically conceive of as being separate from each other. Hers is a fundamentally ecological approach, looking at places as parts of larger settings and environments. In designing cities, planners and architects need to consider what surrounds the site in order to see that the barriers between spaces are, in reality, porous. Then we can re-conceptualize how we design urban space, integrating seemingly incongruous small sites as well as larger regions."--Publisher description UR - https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=191029 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=191029 ER -