For most of the past century, urban America was dominated by top-down policies serving the white business and cultural elite, the suburbs, and the automobile. At times these approaches were fiercely challenged by reformers such as Jane Addams and Jane Jacobs. Yet by the 1980s, m…
How can we bring people together? [Here], Eric Klinenberg presents a simple but transformative idea for health, happiness, safety and healing our divided, unequal society. Too often we take for granted and neglect our libraries, parks, markets, schools, playgrounds, gardens and …
With his background as a community organizer and as a state legislator representing Chicago?s South Side, Barack Obama became America?s most?urban? president since Teddy Roosevelt. But what has been his record in dealing with the issues most impacting our metropolitan areas toda…
With his background as a community organizer and as a state legislator representing Chicago?s South Side, Barack Obama became America?s most?urban? president since Teddy Roosevelt. But what has been his record in dealing with the issues most impacting our metropolitan areas toda…
"This book balances an authoritative, up-to-date discussion of current practices with a vision of what land use planning should become. It explores the societal context of land use planning and proposes a model for understanding and reconciling the divergent priorities among com…
