Author: Duany Andres
Place: Newyork
Publisher: North Point Press
Year: 2000
Volume: The rep 8
Pages: 294
ISBN: 978-0-86547-750-6
Subject: Urbanisation
Sub-Subject: Urban Planning
Keyword: Suburban Nation, Urban Development, Sustainable Development
Classification: 711.4
Shelf: C3R1
Accession No: B199
Contents: Contents : introduction ; 1. what is sprawl and why?; the devil is in details; 3. the house that sprawl built; 4. the physical creation of society; 5. the american transportation mess; 6. sprawl and the developer; 7. the victims of sprawl; 8. the city and the region; 9. the inner city ; 10. how to make a town; 11. what is to be done; Appendix A : the traditional neighborhood development checklist; Appendix B : the congress for the new urbanism; acknowledgements; notes; bibliography; sources of illustrations; Index.
Abstract: *Suburban Nation* by Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk critiques the damaging effects of suburban sprawl on American life, highlighting its ecological, economic, and social costs. The authors, founders of the Congress for the New Urbanism, argue that car-dependent development isolates children, the elderly, and the middle class. They contrast sterile, postwar suburbs with vibrant, traditional neighborhoods and blame governments and developers for abandoning town-building. More than a critique, the book proposes practical alternatives rooted in human-scale, walkable communities. It’s both a compelling analysis of modern planning failures and a manifesto for restoring livable, sustainable towns.