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Title

The humane metropolis : people and nature in the 21st-century city / edited by Rutherford H. Platt.

Publication

Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press in association with Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, [2006], ©2006.

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Additional Authors

• Platt, Rutherford H.
• Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.

Description

viii, 326 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm +

Summary

"Four-fifths of Americans now live in the nation's sprawling metropolitan areas, and half of the world's population is now classified as "urban." As cities become the dominant living environment for humans, there is growing concern about how to make such places more habitable, more healthy and safe, more ecological, and more equitable-in short, more "humane."" "This book explores the prospects for a more humane metropolis through a series of essays and case studies that consider why and how urban places can be made greener and more amenable. Its point of departure is the legacy of William H. Whyte (1917-1999), one of America's most admired urban thinkers. Whyte laid the foundation for today's "smart growth" and "new urbanist" movements with books such as The Last Landscape (1968). His passion for improving the habitability of cities and suburbs is reflected in the diverse grassroots urban design and regreening strategies discussed in this volume. Included in the back of the book is a DVD of a 22-minute film created by Ted White, which serves as a companion to the text. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Greenbelts > United States > Congresses
• Urban ecology (Sociology) > United States > Congresses
• City planning > United States > Congresses

Note

• Conference papers.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: Humanizing the Exploding Metropolis / Rutherford H. Platt -- Part I. "The Man Who Loved Cities" -- Whyte on Whyte: A Walk in the City / Eugenie L. Birch -- Holly Whyte's Journalism of Place / Charles E. Little -- The Energizer / Ann Louise Strong -- Sowing the Seeds / Thomas Balsley -- The Wit and Wisdom of Holly Whyte / Albert LaFarge -- Part II. From City Parks to Regional Green Infrastructure -- The Excellent City Park System: What Makes It Great and How to Get There / Peter Harnik -- The Role of Place Attachment in Sustaining Urban Parks / Robert L. Ryan -- Respecting Nature's Design in Metropolitan Portland, Oregon / Michael C. Houck -- Promoting Health and Fitness through Urban Design / Anne C. Lusk -- A Metropolitan New York Biosphere Reserve? / William D. Solecki and Cynthia Rosenzweig -- Part III. Restoring Urban Nature: Projects and Process -- Restoring Urban Ecology: The New York-New Jersey Metropolitan Area Experience / Steven E. Clemants and Steven N. Handel -- Urban Watershed Management: The Milwaukee River Experience / Laurin N. Sievert -- Green Futures for Industrial Brownfields / Christopher A. De Sousa -- Ecological Citizenship: The Democratic Promise of Restoration / Andrew Light -- Part IV. A More Humane Metropolis for Whom? -- Race, Poverty, and the Humane Metropolis / Carl Anthony -- Fortress America: Separate and Not Equal / Edward J. Blakely -- "The Organization Man" in the Twenty-first Century: An Urbanist View / Deborah E. Popper and Frank J. Popper -- Sustainability Programs in the South Bronx / Thalya Parrilla -- Part V. Designing a More Humane Metropolis -- The Smile Index / Andrew G. Wiley-Schwartz -- Zoning Incentives to Create Public Spaces: Lessons from New York City / Jerold S. Kayden -- Criteria for a Greener Metropolis / Mary V. Rickel Pelletier -- Building the Right Shade of Green / Colin M. Cathcart -- Green Urbanism in European Cities / Timothy Beatley -- Epilogue: Pathways to More Humane Urban Places / Rutherford H. Platt.

ISBN

• 1558495541 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1558495533 (library cloth)

LCCN

• 2006019435
• 9781558495531

OCLC

• ocm68262926
• SCSB-9260567

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries