A Country of Cities: A Manifesto for an Urban America

by Norman Foster and Vishaan Chakrabarti

Book Overview

In A Country of Cities, author Vishaan Chakrabarti argues that well-designed cities are the key to solving America's great national challenges: environmental degradation, unsustainable consumption, economic stagnation, rising public health costs and decreased social mobility. If we develop them wisely in the future, our cities can be the force leading us into a new era of progressive and prosperous stewardship of our nation. In compelling chapters,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935202170
• ISBN13: 9781935202172
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Metropolis Books
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 2.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.9" x 9.8"