{"product_id":"planning-the-good-community-jill-grant-9780415700757","title":"Planning the Good Community: New Urbanism in Theory and Practice","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn examination of new urban approaches both in theory and in practice. Taking a critical look at how new urbanism has lived up to its ideals, the author asks whether new urban approaches offer a viable path to creating good communities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith examples drawn principally from North America, Europe and Japan, \u003cem\u003ePlanning the Good Community\u003c\/em\u003e explores new urban approaches in a wide range of settings. It compares the movement for urban renaissance in Europe with the New Urbanism of the United States and Canada, and asks whether the concerns that drive today's planning theory - issues like power, democracy, spatial patterns and globalisation- receive adequate attention in new urban approaches. The issue of aesthetics is also raised, as the author questions whether communities must be more than just attractive in order to be good.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith the benefit of twenty years' hindsight and a world-wide perspective, this book offers the reader unparalleled insight as well as a rigorous and considered critical analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jill Grant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415700752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415700757\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.62h x 7.98w x 0.60d","brand":"Jill Grant","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44829296460031,"sku":"9780415700757","price":89.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce243125-02b3-429a-9183-d811b505b3e7.jpg?v=1708450390","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/planning-the-good-community-jill-grant-9780415700757","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}