Community by Design New Urbanism for Suburbs and Small Communities

The suburban landscape of the United States the all-too-familiar array of fast-food franchise, big-box retail stores, parking lots, and clogged arterials the subject of Hall and Porterfield's book. Guided by the principles of the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), the authors use excerpts from that organization's charter to illuminate their advocacy of more connected development patterns. The books scope extends beyond the commercial strip to include the major building blocks of towns and suburbs suck as apartment complexes, schools, parks, and office campuses. ...

One ideal audience for this book might be suburban planning commissioners, who need guidance from designers in order to understand the differences between conventional suburban development pods and walkable human-scale neighborhoods. The many black and white photographs of completed projects are helpful in this regard. ...Hall, Kenneth B. is the author of 'Community by Design New Urbanism for Suburbs and Small Communities', published 2001 under ISBN 9780071345231 and ISBN 007134523X.