{"product_id":"the-smart-growth-manual-andres-duany-9780071376754","title":"The Smart Growth Manual","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\u003eEveryone is calling for smart growth...but what exactly is it? \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Smart Growth Manual\u003c\/i\u003e, two leading city planners provide a thorough answer. From the expanse of the metropolis to the detail of the window box, they address the pressing challenges of urban development with easy-to-follow advice and broad array of best practices. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith their landmark book Suburban Nation, Andres Duany and Jeff Speck \"set forth more clearly than anyone has done in our time the elements of good town planning\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e). With this long-awaited companion volume, the authors have organized the latest contributions of new urbanism, green design, and healthy communities into a comprehensive handbook, fully illustrated with the built work of the nation's leading practitioners. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Smart Growth Manual\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is an indispensable guide to city planning. This kind of progressive development is the only way to fully restore our economic strength and create new jobs, new industries, and a renewed ability to compete in the first rank of world economies.\" -- Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Authors Andres Duany, Jeff Speck, and Mike Lydon have created \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Smart Growth Manual, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e a resource which not only explains the overarching ideals of smart growth, but a manual that takes the time to show smart growth principles at each geographic scale (region, neighborhood, street, building). I highly recommend [it] as a part of any community participant's or urban planner's desktop references.\" -- LocalPlan.org\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlanetizen Top 10 Books - 2010\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOn the ninth annual list of the ten best books in urban planning, design and development: \u003cbr\u003e\"The goal of \u003ci\u003eThe Smart Growth Manual\u003c\/i\u003e is clear from page 1: to create a guidebook for smart growth following the pattern of the Charter for New Urbanism. Duany, Speck and Lydon have achieved that in spades (the Charter is included in the appendix, in case we missed the connection). It even clears up some of the architectural arguments that attach themselves to New Urbanists, such as this segment of Section 14.1, Regional Design; 'While new buildings should not be compelled to mimic their historic predecessors, designers should pay attention to local practices regarding materials and colors, roof pitches, eave lengths, window-to-wall ratios, and the socially significant relationship of buildings to their site and the street; these have usually evolved in intelligent response to local conditions.' In addition to making the old 'traditional vs. modern' argument irrelevant, Duany, Speck and Lydon have truly managed to boil down the best parts of current practices into a highly readable, portable book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andres Duany, Jeff Speck, Mike Lydon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0071376755\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780071376754\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\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Andres Duany","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044758778111,"sku":"9780071376754","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7c1c5620-9fb4-4b7e-b2be-871704890a2d.jpg?v=1684974720","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-smart-growth-manual-andres-duany-9780071376754","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}