The Livable City: Revitalizing Urban Communities [Paperback]

Partners for Livable Communitites (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 3, 2000

This is an operations manual for policies and programmes that can be used to base new communities on. It has "best practice" case studies including international examples and discusses regional development, downtowns, housing and economics.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Includes 50+ best-practice case studies

Put urban design policies and programs into action

The Livable City Revitalizing Urban Communities

Livability. It's open space, free-flowing traffic, historic preservation, attractive cultural and civic institutions, good housing, good jobs, good schools, and much more. It's downtowns that work, and regions that work alongside them. More than any other source, The Livable City makes this urban ideal a reality.

Based on over 20 years' experience in fostering broad-based coalitions that have enhanced livability in more than 300 communities, The Livable Citybrings together examples, methods, goals and working case studies, resources, and tried-and-tested techniques--all designed to enrich the quality of life in urban, suburban, and exurban communities.

Written by respected members of the premier nonprofit group promoting livability, Partners for Livable Communities (representing 1,000 organizations), The Livable City gives you innovative tools that help you get a handle on the problems of cities today: traffic congestion, urban sprawl, disaffected citizens, physical decay, institutional breakdown, crime.

The Livable City addresses every facet of improving livability--from building private, business, and governmental coalitions to obtaining funding--and provides a clear roadmap from urban nightmare to "Most Livable City" status. It's a valuable and much-needed resource for urban designers, planners, architects, elected officials, business leaders, civic leaders, landscape architects, students, and anyone concerned with the condition of urban communities, anywhere in the world.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing (May 3, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071359133
• ISBN-13: 978-0071359139
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,291,984 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)