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The option of urbanism [electronic resource] : investing in a new American dream / Christopher B. Leinberger.

By: Leinberger, Christopher B.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Washington, DC : Island Press, c2008Description: xi, 207 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Urbanization -- United States | Community development, Urban | Suburbs -- United States | Cities and towns -- United States -- Growth | City planning -- United States | Sustainable development -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 307.760973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-200) and index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.