{"product_id":"the-american-city-alexander-garvin-9780071801621","title":"The American City: What Works, What Doesn't","description":"Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe definitive guide to urban planning and design--completely updated and now in full color\u003cp\u003eIn the Third Edition of \u003ci\u003eThe American City: What Works, What Doesn't\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning city planner and renowned urban scholar Alexander Garvin examines more than 350 programs and projects that have been implemented nationwide in 150 cities and suburbs, evaluates their successes and failures, and offers relevant lessons learnedfrom them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNearly all of the book's 650 illustrations are now in full color and consist almost entirely of photographs, maps, and diagrams produced especially for the Third Edition. Garvin discusses major urban initiatives that have emerged over the past two decades, such as Chicago's Millennium Park, Houston's Uptown Business District, and Metropolitan Denver's FasTracks multicounty rapid transitnetwork. He reexamines the wide range of places and strategies covered in the previous edition, offering new analyses and insights. A new chapter on retrofitting the city for a modern commercial economy is included.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis practical guide presents six key ingredients of project success--market, location, design, financing, time, and entrepreneurship--and explains how to combine these elements in a mutually reinforcing manner. Garvin demonstrates how the synthesis of individual and private-sector efforts, community-level action, and broad-based government policy can--and has--achieved urban and suburban regeneration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCOVERAGE INCLUDES: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA realistic approach to city and suburban planning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIngredients of success--market, location, design, financing, time, and entrepreneurship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eParks, playgrounds, and open space\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRetail shopping\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePalaces for the people--libraries, stadiums, museums, and other public facilities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRetrofitting the city for a modern commercial economy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe life and death of the City of Tomorrow--implications of national urban redevelopment programs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDowntown management\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncreasing the housing supply\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReducing housing costs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHousing rehabilitation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClearing the slums\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRevitalizing neighborhoods\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResidential suburbs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew-towns-in-town\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew-towns-in-the-country\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLand use regulation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistoric preservation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComprehensive planning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander Garvin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0071801626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780071801621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McGraw-Hill Companies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 622\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.10h x 8.90w x 1.60d","brand":"Alexander Garvin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43990084714751,"sku":"9780071801621","price":87.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_608bf540-d65f-421d-a474-06228bfc9527.jpg?v=1683302908","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-american-city-alexander-garvin-9780071801621","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}