Common Place: Neighborhood and Regional Design in Seattle

By Douglas S. Kelbaugh

Book Overview

Common Place is about how we can develop community and create convivial and sustainable places in the face of disjointed and fast-paced growth. It offers strategies for reclaiming and repairing our neighborhoods and cities, which today are increasingly dominated by fear and disintegration and the automobile. Kelbaugh looks at New Urbanism, Urban Villages, Pedestrian Pockets, and Transit-Oriented Development -- concepts which he helped pioneer. Bridging academic theory and on-the-ground practice, Common Place is an indispensable book for designers, planners, city officials, developers, environmentalists, and citizens interested in understanding and shaping the American metropolis.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295975903
• ISBN13: 9780295975900
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.5" x 10.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher