The American City: What Works And What Doesn'T

By Alexander Garvin, Profusely Illustrated

In this definitive sourcebook on urban planning design, noted urban scholar Alexander Garvin points out what has succeeded and what hasn't in the attempt to solve continuing problems in U.S. cities...

The American City

By Alexander Garvin, Garvin, Alexander

Publisher Description (unedited Publisher Data) This Comprehensive, Multidisciplinary Approach To Urban Planning And Design In America Analyzes Key Projects Initiated In 250 U.s. Urban Areas And De...

The American City: What Works, What Doesn'T

By Alexander Garvin

This comprehensive,multidisciplinary approach to urban planning and design in America analyzes key projects initiated in 250 U.S. urban areas and details which strategies and programs were successf...

Urban Planning Today: A Harvard Design Magazine Reader

By Alexander Garvin, William S. Saunders

American cities' penchants for single-use zoning and free-market development in pursuit of economic growth have produced problems that have long been recognized: grueling commutes and dependency on...

Urban Planning Today: A Harvard Design Magazine Reader

By Alexander Garvin, William S. Saunders

American cities' penchants for single-use zoning and free-market development in pursuit of economic growth have produced problems that have long been recognized: grueling commutes and dependency on...

Urban Parks And Open Space

By Urban Land Institute, Peter Harnik, Trust For Public Land (U.S.), Alexander Garvin, Christopher B. Leinberger, David Mulvihill, Steven Fader, Gayle Berens, Martin J. Rosen, Terry Jill Lassar

Information Exchange: How Cities Renew, Rebuild, And Remember

By Yoshiko Sato, Arnold Hamilton, Till Schneider, Ferhad Mulabegovic, Alexander Garvin, Nadim Karam, Jon Calame, Sherida Paulsen, Joan Ockman, Justin O'Connor, Hugh Hardy, Angus Gavin, John King, Zoe Ryan, Laurie Hawkinson, Jack Money, Diana Balmori, Raymond Gastil, Diana Balmori, Jon Calame, Alexander Garvin, Angus Gavin, Arnold Hamilton, Hugh Hardy, Laurie Hawkinson, Nadim Karam, John King, Jack Money, Ferhad Mulabegovic, Justin O'Connor, Sherida Paulsen, Yoshiko Sato, Till Schneider, Zoë Ryan

After the attacks on the World Trade Center, the question of how cities renew, rebuild, and remember has become ever more pertinent. By placing the event within a global, cultural, and historical c...

What Makes A Great City

By Alexander Garvin, Alexander Garvin (Auth.)

One of Planetizen's Top Planning Books for 2017 • San Francisco Chronicle's 2016 Holiday Books Gift Guide Pick What makes a great city? Not a good city or a functional city but a great city. A city...

What Makes A Great City

By Alexander Garvin, Alexander Garvin (Auth.)

What Makes A Great City? Not A Good City Or A Functional City But A Great City. A City That People Admire, Learn From, And Replicate. City Planner And Architect Alexander Garvin Set Out To Answer T...

The Heart Of The City: Creating Vibrant Downtowns For A New Century

By Alexander Garvin

Downtowns are more than economic engines: they are repositories of knowledge and culture and generators of new ideas, technology, and ventures. They are the heart of the city that drives its future...