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Overview
Combining firsthand accounts of the attractions and distractions of city life, Toward The Livable City introduces a range of perspectives about creating successful, livable cities, with examples from across America and around the world. The book conveys what leading thinkers say about such topics as smart growth, traffic calming, pedestrian rights, regional planning, riverfront redevelopment, and architecture -- as well as the pleasures of sauntering down tree-lined streets to restaurants, theaters, and shops. Encapsulating the growing movement that brings together planners and architects, environmentalists and seekers of the "good life," Toward The Livable City is a lively book about the possibility of enjoying urban and suburban life.Synopsis
Inspiring and accessible, Toward the Livable City combines firsthand accounts of the attractions –– and distractions –– of urban life to show how to create successful cities. For city dwellers and commuters, urban planners and architects, neighborhood groups and activists, this book outlines specific strategies for change. Fifteen leading thinkers including James Howard Kunstler, Jane Holtz Kay, Tony Hiss, Bill McKibben, and Jay Walljasper explore smart growth, riverfront redevelopment, urban farming, pedestrian rights, traffic, opportunity-based housing, and suburban vs. city living. They tell how the mayor of Curitiba, Brazil, built dedicated busways and closed downtown streets to cars; how urban agriculture in vacant lots and backyards in Boston produces 10,000 pounds of vegetables each season; and how Minneapolis successfully redeveloped its riverfront, among other shining examples. Photographs are featured.