A research agenda for new urbanism /

"New Urbanism, a movement devoted to building walkable, socially diversity cities, has garnered some successes and some failures over the past several decades. A Research Agenda for New Urbanism is a forward-looking book composed of chapters by leading scholars of New Urbanism. Authors focus on mult...

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Other Authors:	Talen, Emily, 1958- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2019]
Series:	Elgar research agendas.
Subjects:	Metropolitan areas. Cities and towns. Regional planning. City planning.
Summary:	"New Urbanism, a movement devoted to building walkable, socially diversity cities, has garnered some successes and some failures over the past several decades. A Research Agenda for New Urbanism is a forward-looking book composed of chapters by leading scholars of New Urbanism. Authors focus on multiple topics, including affordability, transportation, social life and retail to highlight the areas of research that are most important for the future of the field. The book summarizes what we know and what we need to know to provide a research agenda that will have the greatest promise and most positive impact on building the best possible human habitat--which is the aim of New Urbanism." --