Rethinking Suburbs
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Rethinking Suburbs
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Author : Khaled Alawadi
language : en
Publisher: Actar D, Inc.
Release Date : 2024-04-11
Rethinking Suburbs written by Khaled Alawadi and has been published by Actar D, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-11 with Architecture categories.
Rethinking suburbs provides answers to how can we design and plan neighborhoods in which non-motorized mobility is a viable and efficient alternative; and how the street systems and alleys of neighborhoods can be designed and retrofitted to make their urban fabrics more efficient and integrated. Streets play significant roles in meeting multiple sustainability objectives. This research addresses Abu Dhabi’s and Dubai’s street connectivity at the neighborhood (local) and city (global) scales. It focuses on two parameters of street network analysis: efficiency and centrality. Efficiency is evaluated in terms of directness, noting that network designs that provide short and direct access between origins and destinations are more efficient. Centrality is evaluated using graph theory metrics that enable the identification of high- and low-accessibility locations within networks. The conventional suburban model of low-density, automobile-centric development with fragmented streets cannot foster high levels of accessibility within neighborhoods. This study offers an alternative, evidence-based suburban design model for future cities.
Rethinking Neighborhoods
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Author : William A.V. Clark
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2024-05-02
Rethinking Neighborhoods written by William A.V. Clark and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-02 with Social Science categories.
Although neighborhoods are sometimes perceived as just a backdrop to our lives, there is considerable evidence that they are central to our sense of wellbeing, and in the functioning of the city. Rethinking Neighborhoods is about these areas of geography: what we know about how neighborhoods function, why they matter and how we chose where to live.
Creativity From Suburban Nowheres
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Author : Ilja Van Damme
language : en
Publisher: Global Suburbanisms
Release Date : 2023-01-15
Creativity From Suburban Nowheres written by Ilja Van Damme and has been published by Global Suburbanisms this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-15 with Architecture categories.
This book interrogates and questions the meaning and implications of suburban creativity.
Rethinking Urban Sprawl Moving Towards Sustainable Cities
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Author : OECD
language : en
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Release Date : 2018-06-14
Rethinking Urban Sprawl Moving Towards Sustainable Cities written by OECD and has been published by OECD Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-14 with categories.
This report provides a new perspective to the nature of urban sprawl and its causes and environmental, social and economic consequences.
Rethinking The History Of American Education
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Author : W. Reese
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2007-12-25
Rethinking The History Of American Education written by W. Reese and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-25 with Education categories.
This collection of original essays examines the history of American education as it has developed as a field since the 1970s and moves into a post-revisionist era and looks forward to possible new directions for the future. Contributors take a comprehensive approach, beginning with colonial education and spanning to modern day, while also looking at various aspects of education, from higher education, to curriculum, to the manifestation of social inequality in education. The essays speak to historians, educational researchers, policy makers and others seeking fresh perspectives on questions related to the historical development of schooling in the United States.
Radical Suburbs
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Author : Amanda Kolson Hurley
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2019-04-09
Radical Suburbs written by Amanda Kolson Hurley and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-09 with Social Science categories.
America’s suburbs are not the homogenous places we sometimes take them for. Today’s suburbs are racially, ethnically, and economically diverse, with as many Democratic as Republican voters, a growing population of renters, and rising poverty. The cliche of white picket fences is well past its expiration date. The history of suburbia is equally surprising: American suburbs were once fertile ground for utopian planning, communal living, socially-conscious design, and integrated housing. We have forgotten that we built suburbs like these, such as the co-housing commune of Old Economy, Pennsylvania; a tiny-house anarchist community in Piscataway, New Jersey; a government-planned garden city in Greenbelt, Maryland; a racially integrated subdivision (before the Fair Housing Act) in Trevose, Pennsylvania; experimental Modernist enclaves in Lexington, Massachusetts; and the mixed-use, architecturally daring Reston, Virginia. Inside Radical Suburbs you will find blueprints for affordable, walkable, and integrated communities, filled with a range of environmentally sound residential options. Radical Suburbs is a history that will help us remake the future and rethink our assumptions of suburbia.
Suburban Dreams
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Author : Greg Dickinson
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 2015-06-15
Suburban Dreams written by Greg Dickinson and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Suburban Dreams: Imagining and Building the Good Life explores how the suburban imaginary, composed of the built environment and imaginative texts, functions as a resource for living out the "good life."
Sustainable Suburbia
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Author : Hugh Bartling
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-07-01
Sustainable Suburbia written by Hugh Bartling and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-01 with Business & Economics categories.
The suburbanization of North America has been was one of the most significant social, political, and cultural transformations of the twentieth century. Originally seen as an alternative to the chaotic, polluted, and socially dysfunctional industrial city that came to dominate the continent at the turn of the twentieth century, suburbia was meant to seek a healthy balance between urbanization and nature. For decades, that promise was richly confirmed and visions of suburbia became inscribed in the national consciousness through mass media representations. These multiple factors contributed to suburbanization's emergence as one of the most important patterns of settlement in human history. In recent years, however, suburbia's promise has started to wane and with its popularity came challenges. The low-density development that is its hallmark created sprawling metropolitan areas characterized by a dispersion of shopping, residences, and workplaces. Because of this dispersion traffic congestion has increased dramatically with people having to spend more time in their cars and less time working or socializing with friends and family. This dispersion has also exacerbated social and racial inequalities. Perhaps most importantly, at the core of the North American suburban project has been the assumption of an essentially limitless supply of energy. Given these social, environmental, and economic transformations, many suburban residents, policymakers, and businesses are questioning the sustainability and viability of the suburban project. This book analyses the various challenges facing suburbia in current times.
Shrinking Cities And First Suburbs
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Author : Anirban Adhya
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-03-03
Shrinking Cities And First Suburbs written by Anirban Adhya and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-03 with Social Science categories.
This book examines Warren, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, as a shrinking city facing a crisis of economic downturn, automotive restructuring, high unemployment, and real estate foreclosures. The author explores Warren’s attempt to develop planning strategies, culturally-based initiatives, community design projects, and creative partnerships in the region in order to address the challenges of shrinkage and foreclosures at multiple scales. Global urban development is currently characterized by varied combination of metropolitan growth and urban core shrinkage. While much of the shrinkage is concentrated in central cities, first suburbs are now facing the same problem. The Warren case illustrates opportunities for flexible policies combining rightsizing, shared maintenance, and incremental development in struggling first suburban communities, which are less studied and often ignored.
Redefining Urban And Suburban America
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Author : Alan Berube
language : en
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Release Date : 2005-10-01
Redefining Urban And Suburban America written by Alan Berube and has been published by Brookings Institution Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-10-01 with Political Science categories.
Results from Census 2000 continue to reveal the striking changes taking place in the nation's cities and suburbs during the 1990s. Thanks to a decade of strong economic growth, concentrated poverty in inner cities declined dramatically, homeownership rose among young minority households, and workers from abroad settled in growing metropolitan areas that had experienced little immigration to date. This second volume in the Redefining Urban and Suburban America series makes clear, however, that regional differences add texture to these broader social and economic trends. Using data from the Census "long form," the contributors to this book probe migration, income and poverty, and housing trends in the nation's largest cities and metropolitan areas. Economically, the fast-growing Sunbelt and the Midwest performed well in the 1990s, enjoying declining poverty rates, rising homeownership, and the evolution of a solid middle-class population. Cities like San Antonio, Chicago, Houston, and Columbus saw stunning declines in high-poverty neighborhoods. The story was more mixed in the coastal areas of the Northeast and West, where poverty rates rose in cities such as Boston, New York, Washington, and Los Angeles. On net, their metro areas lost residents to other parts of the United States, even as they gained workers and families from abroad. This volume provides a closer look at the unprecedented social and economic changes taking place in the nation's oldest and newest communities, and explores the implications for a diverse set of policy areas, including metropolitan development patterns, immigrant incorporation, and the promotion of affordable housing and homeownership.