Description
How does the design of a neighborhood affect the people who live there? 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.
Part of the Citizens Planning Series at APA Planners Press, Neighbors & Neighborhoods is an eye-opener for everyone who's wondered what makes their local neighborhoods tick.
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Table of Contents
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Part 1: Social Science Research
Chapter 1: What Is Community?
Part 2: Development Histories
Chapter 2: Homogeneity
Roland Park, Baltimore, Maryland, 1891
Radburn, New Jersey, 1929
Twin Oaks Community, Louisa, Virginia, 1967
Seaside, Florida, 1982
Summary
Chapter 3: Community Organizations
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, 1902
Levittown, Long Island, New York, 1947
Celebration, Florida, 1996
The Community of Rosebank, Baltimore, 1970së¦-1980s
Summary
Chapter 4: Suitable Physical Settings
Riverside, Illinois, 1868
Letchworth Garden City, United Kingdom, 1903
The Neighborhood Unit Formula, 1928
Columbia, Maryland, 1967
Lake Claire Cohousing, Atlanta, 1977
Summary
Chapter 5: Ongoing Traditions and the Historical Past
Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1912
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 1703
Mariemont, Ohio, 1922
Opa-locka, Florida, 1925
Summary
Part 3: Community Design
Chapter 6: The Appearance of Community
A Unified Composition
Common Theme
Summary
Chapter 7: Community-Generating Neighborhoods
Ten Properties of a Community-Generating Neighborhood
Four Types of Community
Five Qualities of a Good Community Design
Chapter 8: Policy, Management, and Process
Study 1: The Neighborhood Store
Study 2: Mixed Income Communities
Study 3: The Planning Process as a Generator of
Community
Summary
Notes
Index
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