Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream
A Urban Planning, Urbanism, Architecture book. Roadways. The fifth component of sprawl consists of the miles of pavement that are necessary to connect the other four...
For a decade, Suburban Nation has given voice to a growing movement in North America to put an end to suburban sprawl and replace the last century’s automobile-based settlement patterns with a return to more traditional planning. Founders of the Congress for the New Urbanism, Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk are at the forefront of the movement, and even their critics, such as Fred Barnes in The Weekly Standard, recognized that “Suburban Nation is likely to become this movement’s bible.” A lively lament about the failures of postwar planning, this is also that rare book that offers solutions: “an essential handbook” (San Francisco Chronicle). This tenth anniversary edition includes a new preface by the authors.
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We live today in cities and suburbs whose form and character we did not choose. They were imposed upon us, by federal policy, local zoning laws, and the demands of the automobile. Andrs Duany, Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream // The traditional neighborhoodrepresented by mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly communities of varied population, either standing free as villages or grouped into towns and citieshas proved to be a sustainable form of growth. It allowed us to settle the continent without bankrupting the country or destroying the countryside in the process. Andrs Duany, Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream // Roadways. The fifth component of sprawl consists of the miles of pavement that are necessary to connect the other four disassociated components. Since each piece of suburbia serves only one type of activity, and since daily life involves a wide variety of activities, the residents of suburbia spend an unprecedented amount of time and money moving from one place to the next. Since most of this motion takes place in singly occupied automobiles, even a sparsely populated area can generate the traffic of a much larger traditional town. Andrs Duany, Suburban...
This book clearly describes why urban sprawl is so detrimental to society; the many causes of urban sprawl; and how to avoid it in the future. The only weakness was that it was a bit lengthy, and even I lost my gusto for anti-sprawl rhetoric by Chapter 11. I do recommend it to anyone who finds himself trying to explain why subdivisions... The authors do an excellent job of both outlining ways to develop that do not induce sprawl, promote neighborhoods, and encourage people to both create and live in places that are the antithesis of sprawl. I appreciated their anecdotes and stories about things that have worked, good ideas that failed, and bad ideas that failed in an... Overall, I liked the book alright. The book has a broad scope that explores the history of city growth in the last century, the design features that create sprawl and traffic such as street geometry and the evolution of zoning, political and financial issues, as well as the social aspects of city design. I think the book does a good...
