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Title Within walking distance : creating livable communities for all / Philip Langdon
Imprint Washington, DC : Island Press, 2017

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Descript xiv, 264 s.: ill., kartor ; 23 cm
Note "In Within Walking Distance, journalist and urban critic Philip Langdon looks at why and how Americans are shifting toward a more human-scale way of building and living. He shows how people are creating, improving, and caring for walkable communities. There is no one-size-fits-all approach. Starting conditions differ radically, as do the attitudes and interests of residents. To draw the most important lessons, Langdon spent time in six communities that differ in size, history, wealth, diversity, and education, yet share crucial traits: compactness, a mix of uses and activities, and human scale. [...] In these communities, Langdon examines safe, comfortable streets; sociable sidewalks; how buildings connect to the public realm; bicycling; public transportation; and incorporation of nature and parks into city or town life. In all these varied settings, he pays special attention to a vital ingredient: local commitment." -- From publisher's website
Subject Pedestrian areas -- United States -- Planning
Community development -- United States
City planning -- United States
City planning.
Community development.
Pedestrian areas -- Planning.
United States
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Samhällsplanering
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Stadsplanering
Classmark 307.1/2160973
ISBN/ISSN 1610917715
9781610917711
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