Reshaping Metropolitan America Development Trends and Opportunities to 2030 /

• Main Author: Nelson, Arhur C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2013.
• Series: Metropolitan Planning + Design
• Subjects: Environment.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Architecture.; City planning.; Sustainable development.; Sustainable Development.; Cities, Countries, Regions.; Urbanism.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.

Nearly half the buildings that will be standing in 2030 do not exist today. That means we have a tremendous opportunity to reinvent our urban areas, making them more sustainable and livable for future generations. But for this vision to become reality, the planning community needs reliable data abou...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. Major Market Trends and Demographic Changes
• 2. What Americans Want
• 3. Households and Housing
• 4. Space Needs for Jobs
• 5. The Reshape America Index
• 6. The Benefits of Reshaping Metropolitan America
• 7. Agenda to Reshape Metropolitan America
• Notes
• References and Selected Bibliography
• Index.