{"product_id":"the-mixed-use-neighborhood-connor-murphy-9798887472164","title":"The Mixed-Use Neighborhood: Creating a Sense of Place","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mixed-Use Neighborhood: Creating a Sense of Place\u003c\/em\u003e explains how ordinary people can create nice places to live-neighborhoods without destructive zoning, neighborhoods free from highspeed traffic, and neighborhoods of mixed land uses focused on happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEuclydian zoning, the zoning used in most urban areas, destroys neighborhoods by mindlessly separating land uses by arbitrary categories-residential, commercial, industrial, etc. Zoning does nothing to create a sense of community or personal happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe need to return to preindustrial urban design that evolved over centuries to serve human needs, not just provide factory labor to feed machines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith rapidly falling birth rates, rising education levels, and cybernation, the industrial city no longer needs to drive urban design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAristotle said happiness is the goal of life because a good life is a happy life and vice versa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Connor Murphy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798887472164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wheatmark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Connor Murphy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437468102911,"sku":"9798887472164","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11f7d14e-265d-44f8-b4e5-00b5826ed3c2.jpg?v=1777162018","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mixed-use-neighborhood-connor-murphy-9798887472164","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}