Within walking distance : creating livable communities for all

• Main Author: Langdon, Philip (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press, [2017]
• Subjects: urbanismus > Spojené státy americké; pěší zóny > Spojené státy americké; místní rozvoj > Spojené státy americké; veřejný prostor > Spojené státy americké; city planning > United States; pedestrian areas > United States; community development > United States; public space > United States; elektronické knihy; monografie; electronic books; monographs
• ISBN: 9781610917735; 9781610917711
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 264 pages) : illustrations, maps

For five thousand years, human settlements were nearly always compact places. Everything a person needed on a regular basis lay within walking distance. But then the great project of the twentieth century--sorting people, businesses, and activities into separate zones, scattered across vast metropol...