Option of Urbanism Investing in a New American Dream

Name: Option of Urbanism Investing in a New American Dream
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ISBN: 9781597261371

ISBN-10: 1597261378

ISBN-13: 9781597261371

Edition: 2nd 2009

Authors: Christopher B. Leinberger

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Americans are voting with their feet to abandon strip malls and suburban sprawl, embracing instead a new type of community where they can live, work, shop, and play within easy walking distance. In The Option of Urbanismvisionary developer and strategist Christopher B. Leinberger explains why government policies have tilted the playing field toward one form of development over the last sixty years: the drivable suburb. Rooted in the driving forces of the economy-car manufacturing and the oil industry-this type of growth has fostered the decline of community, contributed to urban decay, increased greenhouse gas emissions, and contributed to the rise in obesity and asthma. Highlighting both…

Book details

List price: $29.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Island Press
Publication date: 7/6/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.748

Christopher B. Leinberger is a developer, professor, consultant, and author whose work has focused on making progressive development profitable. He is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution and is director of the Graduate Real Estate Program at the University of Michigan. He is a founding partner of Arcadia Land Company, a progressive real estate development firm, and has written award-winning articles for publications such asThe Atlantic MonthlyandThe Wall Street Journal.



Preface to the Paperback Edition


Preface to the Hardcover Edition


Introduction



Futurama and the 20th-Century American Dream



The Rise of Drivable Sub-Urbia



The Standard Real Estate Product Types: Why Every Place Looks Like Every Place Else



Consequences of Drivable Sub-Urban Growth



The Market Rediscovers Walkable Urbanism



Defining Walkable Urbanism: Why More is Better



Unintended Consequences of Walkable Urbanism



Achieving the Next American Dream: Leveling the Playing Field and Implementing Walkable Urbanism


Notes


Index