Planning the New Suburbia: Flexibility by Design - Couverture rigide

Friedman, Avi

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0774808586 ISBN 13 : 9780774808583

Editeur : University of British Columbia Press, 2001

Synopsis

The suburbs house two-thirds of North America's population and are the subject of much debate and criticism. Planning the New Suburbia explores this phenomenon and proposes ways to respond to the challenge of creating affordable, adaptable, and environmentally sustainable neighbourhoods. Avi Friedman surveys the evolution of urban planning and the the development of North American suburbs. He suggests new methods of design and regulation that would enable urban planners to conceive and inhabitants to adapt suburban communities and homes to their evolving needs, including changing family sizes, aging populations, or new working conditions. Rather than dismissing a suburb as an unattractive, impersonal sprawl, Friedman shows how they can be modified into an affordable, sustainable, and adaptable community.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Avi Friedman is an associate professor in the School of Architecture and director of the Affordable Homes Program at McGill University. He has won numerous awards including the World Habitat Award (United Nations), the Creative Achievement Award (Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture), and the Prix J.-Armand Bombardier (Association canadienne-francaise pour l'avancement des sciences) for his Grow Home and Next Home innovations.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of British Columbia Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0774808586
• ISBN 13: 9780774808583
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
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• Personne responsable: non disponible