Rebuilding the American City: Design and Strategy for the 21st Century Urban Core

by David Gamble, Patricia Heyda, Patty Heyda

Urban redevelopment in American cities is neither easy nor quick. It takes a delicate alignment of goals, power, leadership and sustained advocacy on the part of many. Rebuilding the American City highlights 15 urban design and planning projects in the U.S. that have been catalysts for their downtowns--yet were implemented during the tumultuous start of the 21st century. The book presents five paradigms for redevelopment and a range of perspectives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138798142
• ISBN13: 9781138798144
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.0" x 9.9"