Four ways to make a city more walkable.
Jeff Speck is a city planner and urban designer who advocates internationally for more walkable cities.
PROFILES OF PEOPLE TO KNOW, Special Features, VIDEOS
new urbanism
BOOKS
“Sustainable Urbanism, Urban Design with Nature” by Douglas Farr
Mr. Farr has done a great service by linking sustainability and the New Urbanism. Of particular interest are the five attributes of
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Sustainable Urbanism…Social
CharacterTowns.org is devoted to the ideas and ideals of sustainable urbanism and especially the social sphere of the system. Robert
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The City’s Form and Function – 2016
The City’s Form and Function – 2016: A Model for Small Cities and Towns discusses a sustainable model for small
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Public Entrepreneurs: The Visionary Risk-Takers of an Entrepreneurial City
Public Entrepreneurs: The Visionary Risk-Takers of an Entrepreneurial City describes the role of the city officials and institutional leaders who
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The City’s Form and Function – 2015: A Model for a Sustainable Character Town
The city’s form and function is based on sustainability theory tells us to balance and cross-leverage the social, economic and
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The City’s Form and Function – 2015: A Model for a Complete City based on Sustainable Urbanism
The City’s Form and Function essay in 2014 presented the form and function of a character town in light of
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The City’s Form and Function – 2014
The city’s form and function based on sustainable urbanism is an urbanist town with its balance of social, economic and physical