The Next American Metropolis: Ecology, Community, and the American Dream

by Peter Calthorpe

Book Overview

Regarding issues of urban sprawl Visit Sprawl Net, at Rice University. It's under construction, but it should be an interesting resource. Check out the traffic in the land of commuting. And, finally, enjoy Los Angeles: Revisiting the Four Ecologies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1878271687
• ISBN13: 9781878271686
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

A must read!

This work is terrific if one is interested at all in the way in which cities could be developed. The ideas which Calthorpe presents are revolutionary and instrumental if one wishes to gain any sort of idea of the concepts and ideas proposed by "New Urbanism". His explanation of his Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is vital in understanding the difference between these developments and traditional versions. His use of specific examples makes the work that much better as it becomes more tangible and less simply theory. I would highly recomend this book to anyone involved in any sort of urban or city planning or simply interested in cities themselves.