TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ellin,Nan
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Good Urbanism: Six Steps to Creating Prosperous Places 
T2  - Metropolitan Planning + Design
SN  - 9781610914475
AV  - GE1-350 
U1  - 333.7 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Washington, DC
PB  - Island Press/Center for Resource Economics, Imprint: Island Press
KW  - Environment
KW  - Renewable energy resources
KW  - Landscape architecture
KW  - Urban planning
KW  - City planning
KW  - Ecosystems
KW  - Renewable energy sources
KW  - Alternate energy sources
KW  - Green energy industries
KW  - Environment, general
KW  - Landscape Architecture
KW  - Urbanism
KW  - Renewable and Green Energy
N1  - Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Urban Desiderata: A Path toward Prosperity -- 3. The Tao of Urbanism: Rendering the Latent Manifest and the Possible Inevitable. Case Studies: The High Line, Canalscape -- 4. Co-Creation: From Egosystem to Ecosystem. Case Studies: Civic Center, Envision Utah, BIMStorm and Onuma System -- 5. Going with the Flow: The New Design with Nature. Case Studies: Open Space Seattle 2100, The CEDAR Approach, University of Arkansas Community Design Center -- 6. The Art of Urbanism: A Practice Primer. Case Studies: Sunrise Park, Groundwork -- 7. From Good to Great Urbanism: Beyond Sustainability to Prosperity -- 8. Sideways Urbanism: Rotating the Pyramid -- 9. Conclusion -- Appendix A: Themes/Features of Good Urbanism -- Appendix B: Good Urbanism Is -- Notes -- References -- Index
N2  - 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, Nan Ellin identifies the obstacles to creating thriving environments, and presents a six-step process to overcome them: prospect, polish, propose, prototype, promote, present. She argues that we need to reach beyond conventional planning to cultivate good ideas and leverage the resources to realize them. Ellin illustrates the process with ten exemplary projects, from Envision Utah to Open Space Seattle. Each case study shows how to pair vision with practicality, drawing on our best natural instincts and new planning tools. 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-447-5
ER  -