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An invaluable resource for designing communities that accommodate social diversity and provide equitable opportunities for all residents.

Inclusive Housing focuses on housing that provides access to people with disabilities while benefiting all residents and that incorporates inclusive design practices into neighborhood and housing designs without compromising other important design goals.

Emphasizing urban patterns of neighborhood development, the practices outlined here are useful for application to all kinds of housing in all types of neighborhoods. The book addresses trends that have widespread significance in the residential construction market and demonstrates that accessible housing design is compatible with the goals of developing livable and healthy neighborhoods, reducing urban sprawl, reducing reliance on fossil fuels, and ensuring that the benefits of thoughtful urban design are equitably distributed.

Inclusive Housing recognizes that to achieve the goals of urbanism, we must consider the total picture. The house must fit on the lot; the lot must fit in the block; and the block must fit with the character of the neighborhood. Its context-sensitive approach uses examples that cover a wide range of housing types, styles, and development densities. Rather than present stock solutions that ignore the context of real projects and design goals, it explores how accessibility can be achieved in different types of neighborhoods and housing forms, all with the goal of achieving high-quality urban places.

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This detailed, well-illustrated, and useful book by architect and gerontologist Steinfeld and research associate White (both, IDEA Center, Univ. of Buffalo) features designs and specifications for "inclusive" neighborhoods and accessible housing. Students and practitioners of architecture, community planning, and town development will find this book valuable. Steinfeld is a recognized authority on accessible designs. Building on smart growth theory and Andres Duany's new urbanism concept of transepts (T), which defines types of human settlement from rural to dense urban, the book focuses on the design of accessible neighborhoods and housing appropriate to suburban (T-3), general urban (T-4), and urban center (T-5) zones. The book's guiding argument is that inclusive neighborhoods and accessible housing can be an affordable part of good "traditional neighborhood development," making such communities diversified, adaptable, and "visitable" for people of all ages, incomes, and physical capabilities. Visitable neighborhood and housing designs overcome key barriers and incorporate basic accessibility in areas including steps, thresholds, narrow entrances, halls, kitchens, and bathrooms. Beginning with the idea of accessibility as vital to sustainable neighborhoods, the authors discuss and model inclusive housing forms, and conclude with chapters that supply colorful, detailed plans and specifications for a variety of housing styles embodying accessible features. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through professionals/practitioners. J. F. Bauman University of Southern Maine

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Edward Steinfeld is the director of the IdeA Center in Buffalo, New York.

Jonathan White is the design assistant for the IdeA Center in Buffalo, New York.