DIY City: The Collective Power of Small Actions

by Hank Dittmar

Some utopian plans have shaped our cities --from England's New Towns and Garden Cities to the Haussmann plan for Paris and the L'Enfant plan for Washington, DC. But these grand plans are the exception, and seldom turn out as envisioned by the utopian planner. Inviting city neighborhoods are more often works of improvisation on a small scale. This type of bottom-up development gives cities both their character and the ability to respond to sudden change.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1642830526
• ISBN13: 9781642830521
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 8.1"