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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
The Smart Growth Manual is a technical text meant for planners and people concern with the way physical space is used in our cities. It essentially details the elements of smart growth (anti-urban sprawl) and what smart growth looks like when it is applied from a regional down to a street and building level. To me this text is more of a supplement to Suburban Nation (written by the same authors) than it is a stand alone text as the why we should do smart growth is discussed more in Suburban Nation than it is in The Smart Growth Manual. Despite this, the text is an important pick up as the Smart Growth perspective gains steam its important to understand it particularly in terms of the implication towards the issues of inner city revitalization.
I thought I had read this, but it didn't seem to be the case, in 2009. I picked it up and flipped through it and nothing seemed familiar. That said it is a fun visual dictionary about how to promote efficient layouts and clear urban patterns. Quick read, and fun at the same time, which isn't always the case for a book titled a manual.
A fantastic resource on tools for building (and zoning and coding and supporting) better cities.
It's too specific to be useful for AICP prep and too specialized to casually read for fun.
It's too specific to be useful for AICP prep and too specialized to casually read for fun.
Quick and easy guide to Smart Growth for those interested in its various forms and functions. There's a strong mix of policies and strategies for all contexts and regions, and it even focuses on some of the implementation (which most design-aspiring texts don't.)
Really useful for planning students who are, like myself, trying to get a better sense of the field's intersections with Smart Growth.
Really useful for planning students who are, like myself, trying to get a better sense of the field's intersections with Smart Growth.