Creating a Home for the 21st Century—Sustainable Urban Neighborhood Communities

Author: Lude Lin
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book provides a favorable analysis of contemporary urban crises in the UK and other cities, reviewing how planning policies, architectural trends, and economic forces have undermined the resilience of urban areas in the UK since the Industrial Revolution. The book argues that we must reform urban towns to make them attractive and desirable places to live, and the sustainable urban neighborhood communities discussed in this book are a model for such reform.
Table of Contents:
Part 1: Origins
1. Escaping the City
2. The Lost Utopia
3. The Taming of the City
4. Shaping British Housing
Part 2: Impacts
5. Preservation: Environmental Pressures on Future Residential Areas
6. Choice: Changing Family Characteristics and 21st-Century Housing
7. Community: Social Sustainability in Suburban and Urban Areas
8. Cost: The Economic System of Urban Development
Part 3: Sustainable Neighborhood Communities
9. Urban Re-entry Points
10. Eco-Neighborhood Communities
11. Urban Building Blocks
12. Friendly Neighborhood Communities
13. A Neighborhood Community Model?
14. The Process of Urban Generation and Regeneration
Conclusion