Sprawl Repair Manual : txt
Galina Tachieva ; contributors, Judith I. Bell ... [et al.].
- xi, 291 p. ill. ; plans ; 27 cm. book
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TABLE OF CONTENTS : Xi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION -- 1 FROM SPRAWL TO COMPLETE COMMUNITIES : CHOICES -- SPRAWL REPAIR DEFINED -- CHALLENGES -- OPPORTUNITIES -- CHAPTER TWO : 17 THE SPRAWL REPAIR METHOD -- TWO MODELS -- TECHNIQUES -- CHAPTER THREE : 33 REPAIR AT THE REGIONAL SCALE -- SECTOR MAPPING -- SPRAWL REPAIR ASSESSMENT TOOL -- SPRAWL REPAIR VOID ANALYSIS -- APPLICATION -- CHAPTER FOUR : 55 REPAIR AT THE COMMUNITY SCALE -- RURAL SUBDIVISION -- SINGLE - FAMILY SUBDIVISION -- MULTIFAMILY SUBDIVISION -- SHOPPING CENTER -- SHOPPING MALL -- COMMERCIAL STRIP -- BUSINESS PARK -- EDGE CITY -- SUBURBAN CAMPUS -- SPRAWL - TYPE OPEN SPACE -- CHAPTER FIVE : 217 REPAIR OF THOROUGHFARES AND PARKING -- SPRAWL THOROUGHFARES -- FREEWAY -- ARTERIAL -- COLLECTOR -- LOCAL -- CUL – DE - SAC -- PARKING STRATEGY -- APPLICATION -- CHAPTER SIX : 235 REPAIR AT THE BLOCK SCALE -- SUBURBAN MEGABLOCK -- SLAB AND TOWER BLOCK -- MCMANSION BLOCK DENSIFICATION -- RESIDENTIAL BLOCK DENSIFICATION -- RESIDENTIAL BLOCK DE - DENSIFICATION -- RESIDENTIAL BLOCK WITH CUL – DE - SACS -- APPLICATION -- CHAPTER SEVEN : 257 REPAIR AT THE BUILDING SCALE -- MCMANSION -- SUBURBAN RANCH HOUSE -- DRIVE - THROUGH -- GAS STATION -- PARKING GARAGE -- STRIP CENTER -- BIG BOX -- RELIGIOUS BUILDING -- APPLICATION -- 277 POSTSCRIPT -- ENDNOTES -- RECOMMENDED READING -- INDEX --
The sprawl Repair Manual presents a comprehensive methodology for transforming sprawl developments into human scale, sustainable communities. In this richly illustrated book, Galina Tachieva draws on more than two decades of experience to provide a step by step process of design, regulatory, and implementation techniques for reurbanizing and rebalancing suburbia. her solutions will inspire and equip anyone looking to reimagine suburban development.Advance praise for Sprawl Repari Manual."The Sprawl Repai Manual is so far the only complete physical planning manual for handling the impending transformation of suburbia into vital human communities. It is not only hugely instructive, but also formidably inspirational, "-- Leon Krier, Master Planner of Prince Charles' Poundbury Project in Dorset, UK, and author of The Architecture of Community "The Successful Strategies and highly effective illustrations of prototypical solutions in the sprawl Repair Manual are extremely useful to both citizens and professionals eager to communicate the many advantages of reconfiguring sprawl into more compact, complete, and connected places. Packed with ideas, this book is a great read and will be a must have reference for years to come!" -- Ellen Dunham Jones, Professor in the School of Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Coauthor of Retrofitting Suburbia "Haphazard, dysfunctional land use has wreaked havoc on our landscape, waterways, and atmosphere. To achieve sustainability, we must seize every opportunity to fix the damage, and this wonderfully illustrated book provides us with the tools, step by step and place by place. Environmentalists as well as planners need to learn from its teachings." -- Kaid Benfield, Director of Smart Growth for NRDC, Cofounder of Leed for Neighborhood Development and author of Solving Sprawl and Once There Were Greenfields --