The Smart Growth Manual

Posted on 23 December 2018 by Andrés Duany

Everyone is calling for smart growthbut what exactly is it In The Smart Growth Manual, two leading city planners provide a thorough answer From the expanse of the metropolis to the detail of the window box, they address the pressing challenges of urban development with easy to follow advice and broad array of best practices.With their landmark book Suburban Nation, Andres Duany and Jeff Speck set forth clearly than anyone has done in our time the elements of good town planning The New Yorker With this long awaited companion volume, the authors have organized the latest contributions of new urbanism, green design, and healthy communities into a comprehensive handbook, fully illustrated with the built work of the nation s leading practitioners The Smart Growth Manual is an indispensable guide to city planning This kind of progressive development is the only way to fully restore our economic strength and create new jobs, new industries, and a renewed ability to compete in the first rank of world economies Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco Authors Andres Duany, Jeff Speck, and Mike Lydon have created The Smart Growth Manual,a resource which not only explains the overarching ideals of smart growth, but a manual that takes the time to show smart growth principles at each geographic scale region, neighborhood, street, building I highly recommend it as a part of any community participant s or urban planner s desktop references LocalPlan.orgPlanetizen Top 10 Books 2010 On the ninth annual list of the ten best books in urban planning, design and development The goal of The Smart Growth Manual is clear from page 1 to create a guidebook for smart growth following the pattern of the Charter for New Urbanism Duany, Speck and Lydon have achieved that in spades the Charter is included in the appendix, in case we missed the connection It even clears up some of the architectural arguments that attach themselves to New Urbanists, such as this segment of Section 14.1, Regional Design While new buildings should not be compelled to mimic their historic predecessors, designers should pay attention to local practices regarding materials and colors, roof pitches, eave lengths, window to wall ratios, and the socially significant relationship of buildings to their site and the street these have usually evolved in intelligent response to local conditions In addition to making the old traditional vs modern argument irrelevant, Duany, Speck and Lydon have truly managed to boil down the best parts of current practices into a highly readable, portable book. Free Read Kindle ePUB The Smart Growth Manual By Andrés Duany – kino-fada.fr In speaking to the physical experience of reading this book I must say I appreciate the physical size of the book, its organization, its rounded edges, and especially its page length.In terms of the content, it is very direct in telling the reader what they really need to know in nearly all aspects of smart regional and local planning I felt that there were not any sections that left you wondering For instance, if a given section is talking about setbacks for row houses, it will tell you th In speaking to the physical experience of reading this book I must say I appreciate the physical s...A quick, easy read so I won t complain I do wish there werehistoric references or a better narrative or dialogue connecting the past, and also informing the reader as to why and how the concepts and ideas presented came into being Though informative, the books readlike a research report or brief with images, which was unfortunate for me, as I have no context This could have beeninspiring in my opinion but, nonetheless, a manual for urban planners and community developers f A quick, easy read so I won t complain I do wish there werehistoric references or a better narrative or dialogue connecting the past, and also informing the reader as to why and how the concepts and ideas presented came into being Though informative, the books readlike a research report or brief with im...Cool ideas didn t agree with all of them but that s because I am an elitist.Highly recommended pocket manual outlining the objectives of smart growth and urban development Very useful for students and practitioners, as well as individuals seeking a short and sweet introduction to the world of local and regional planning.Repeats itself Making new growth better is all fine and dandy, but very short on how to get these policies in action, especially in sprawled out communities.A good quick introduction to intelligent planning practices, but don t expect enlightenment or serious practicable knowledge.A fantastic resource on tools for building and zoning and coding and supporting better cities It s too specific to be useful for AICP prep and too specialized to casually read for fun.The principles of Smart Growth are needed nowthan ever The mechanical march towards unsustainable growth is a mindset that has poisoned the well we all live in for several decades But just stating that the old ways need to die, without providing a viable alternative, is akin to shouting in a windstorm.Renowned city planners Duany and Speck chief among them do have practical solutions to the problem of soulless, sp...The Smart Growth Manual is a technical text meant for planners and people concern with the way physical space is used in our cities It essentially details the elements of smart growth anti urban sprawl and what smart growth looks like when it is applied from a regional down to a street and building level To me this text isof a supplement to Suburban Nation written by the same authors than it is a stand alone text as the why we should do smart growth is discussedin Suburban Nati The Smart Growth Manual is a technical text...Definitely lacking in context or narrative that might bring smart growth principals into clearer focus for the uninitiated, this book is still a great reference handbook for those already somewhat familiar with the philosophy You d definitely need to dig deeper into each givin...

23 December 2018

Andrés Duany