Research Catalog

Title

Urban alchemy : restoring joy in America's sorted-out cities / Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD.

Author

Fullilove, Mindy Thompson.

Publication

New York : New Village Press, 2013.

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Details

Description

xviii, 334 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

What if divided neighborhoods were causing public health problems? What if a new approach to planning and design could tackle both the built environment and collective well-being at the same time? What if cities could help each other? Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove, the acclaimed author of Root Shock, uses her unique perspective as a public health psychiatrist to explore ways of healing social and spatial fractures simultaneously. Using the work of French urbanist Michel Cantal-Dupart and the American urban design firm Rothschild Doyno Collaborative as guides, Fullilove takes readers on a tour of successful collaborative interventions that repair cities and reconnect communities to make them whole.

Subjects

• Urban policy > United States
• Community development > United States
• City planning > United States
• Urban ecology (Sociology) > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Madness of the Sorted-Out City -- 1.From Illusion to Solution -- 2.Our Hearts Inspired -- pt. II Align -- 3.Element 1: Keep the Whole City in Mind -- 4.Element 2: Find What You're FOR -- 5.Element 3: Make a Mark -- pt. III Create -- 6.Element 4: Unpuzzle the Fractured Space -- 7.Element 5: Unslum All Neighborhoods -- 8.Element 6: Create Meaningful Places -- 9.Element 7: Strengthen the Region -- pt. IV Connect -- 10.Element 8: Show Solidarity with All Life -- 11.Element 9: Celebrate Your Accomplishments.

ISBN

• 9781613320105 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1613320108 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2013011796

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library