Overview

We all have a natural nesting instinct—we know what makes a good place. And a consensus has developed among urban planners and designers about the essential components of healthy, prosperous communities. So why aren’t these ideals being put into practice? In Good Urbanism, Ellin identifies the obstacles to creating thriving environments, and presents a six-step process to overcome them: prospect, polish, propose, prototype, promote, present. Ellin illustrates the process with ten exemplary projects, from Envision Utah to Open Space Seattle. For planners, urban designers, community developers, and students of these fields, Ellin’s innovative approach offers an inspired, yet concrete path to building good places.

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Author:   Nan Ellin
Publisher:   Island Press
Imprint:   Island Press
Edition:   2nd None ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 20.40cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.285kg
ISBN:  

9781610913744

ISBN 10:   1610913744
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   10 December 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Ellin has provided a much needed roadmap for achieving the kinds of places that urbanists aspire to create. She traces the route in six carefully delineated steps to destinations composed of vibrant, mixed use and well-connected metropolitan regions, cities, neighborhoods and blocks. Good Urbanism shows the way. <br>--Eugenie Birch Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research, University of Pennsylvania (08/20/2012)

In another tour de force for the urban planning profession, Nan Ellin delivers a 'how-to' book with theoretical muscle. Ellin supplies six creative yet straightforward steps to make good places happen by tapping collective wisdom and mining the 'gemstones' embedded in every community. <br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br> <br><br>--Emily Talen Professor, Arizona State University and author of City Rules (08/20/2012)

Finally we have a comprehensive view of how the American Dream is changing and why. We are a market driven culture and this important book lays out the new market forces; demographics, costs, environmental impacts, and quality of life. The good news is that they all lean in the same direction--Smart Growth will dominate the next generation of development. --Peter Calthorpe Principal, Calthorpe Associates, author of Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change (12/05/2012)

Author Information

Nan Ellin is Chair of the Department of City and Metropolitan Planning at the University of Utah and author of Integral Urbanism.

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