Good Urbanism Six Steps to Creating Prosperous Places /

• Main Author: Ellin, Nan (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.; Renewable energy resources.; Landscape architecture.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Ecosystems.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Environment, general.; Landscape Architecture.; Urbanism.; Renewable and Green Energy.

We all have a natural nesting instinct—we know what makes a good place. And a consensus has developed among urban planners and designers about the essential components of healthy, prosperous communities. So why aren’t these ideals being put into practice? In Good Urbanism, Nan Ellin identifies the o...