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Neighbors and Neighborhoods: Elements of Successful Community Design

ISBN: 9781611900019 | 1611900018
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Natl Book Network
Pub. Date: 10/16/2011

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
In this thoughtful, engaging book, Sidney Brower explains how a neighborhood'¬"s design lays the groundwork for the social relationships that make it a community. Blending social science with personal interviews, Brower shares the lessons of planned communities from historic Riverside, Illinois, to archetypal Levittown, New York, and Disney'¬"s Celebration, Florida. Through these inspirational stories, readers will discover the characteristics of neighborhoods that promote the attitudes and behaviors of a healthy community.
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List of Illustrationsp. ix
Forewordp. xiii
A Note to the Readerp. xix
Acknowledgmentsp. xxi
Introduction: Neighbors & Neighborhoodsp. xxiii
Social Science Research
What Is Community?p. 3
Development Histories
Homogeneityp. 23
Roland Park, Baltimore, Maryland, 1891p. 24
Radbu... MOREp. 27
Twin Oaks Community, Louisa, Virginia, 1967p. 30
Seaside, Florida, 1982p. 34
Summaryp. 37
Community Organizationsp. 39
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, 1902p. 39
Levittown, Long Island, New York, 1947p. 43
Celebration, Florida, 1996p. 48
The Community of Rosebank, Baltimore, 1970s-1980sp. 52
Summaryp. 55
Suitable Physical Settingsp. 57
Riverside, Illinois, 1868p. 58
Letchworth Garden City, United Kingdom, 1903p. 60
The Neighborhood Unit Formula, 1928p. 65
Columbia, Maryland, 1967p. 68
Lake Claire Cohousing, Atlanta, 1977p. 73
Summaryp. 77
Ongoing Traditions and the Historical Pastp. 79
Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1912p. 80
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 1703p. 83
Mariemont, Ohio, 1922p. 85
Opa-locka, Florida, 1925p. 89
Summaryp. 91
Community Design
The Appearance of Communityp. 95
A Unified Compositionp. 98
A Common Themep. 107
Summaryp. 113
Community-Generating Neighborhoodsp. 115
Ten Properties of a Community-Generating Neighborhoodp. 116
Four Types of Communityp. 122
Five Qualities of a Good Community Designp. 124
Policy, Management, and Processp. 127
The Neighborhood Storep. 128
Mixed Income Communitiesp. 135
The Planning Process as a Generator of Communityp. 143
Summaryp. 147
Notesp. 149
Indexp. 183
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Sidney Brower is a professor of urban studies and planning at the University of Maryland.


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