Country of Cities A Manifesto for an Urban America

Name: Country of Cities A Manifesto for an Urban America
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ISBN: 9781935202172

ISBN-10: 1935202170

ISBN-13: 9781935202172

Edition: 2013

Authors: Vishaan Chakrabarti, Norman Foster, SHoP SHoP Architects

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In A Country of Cities, author Vishaan Chakrabarti argues that well-designed cities are the key to solving America's great national challenges: environmental degradation, unsustainable consumption, economic stagnation, rising public health costs and decreased social mobility. If we develop them wisely in the future, our cities can be the force leading us into a new era of progressive and prosperous stewardship of our nation. In compelling chapters, Chakrabarti brings us a wealth of information about cities, suburbs and exurbs, looking at how they developed across the 50 states and their roles in prosperity and globalization, sustainability and resilience, and heath and joy. Counter to what…

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List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers
Publication date: 5/30/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 252
Size: 6.93" wide x 9.72" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 2.134
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgments


A Country of Countries: Of Highways, Houses, and Hedges


Why Cities are Good



Cities, Prosperity, and Globalization



Cities, Sustainability, and Resilience



Cities, Health, and Joy


How to Build Good Cities



Building Hyperdensity and Civic Delight



Building an Infrastructure of Opportunity



Building the Equitable City


A Country of Cities: Of Trains, Towers, and Trees


A Country of Cities: The Manifesto


Author's Note


Notes and Illustration Sources


Index