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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Gravel, Ryan, 1972-     Subjects     City planning -- Social aspects.     Urban renewal -- Social aspects.     Urban transportation -- Social aspects.     Land use, Urban -- Social aspects.     City and town life -- Social aspects.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Gravel, Ryan, 1972-       by title:      Where we want to liv...       by call number:      307.1216 G775w     Search the Web     Gravel, Ryan, 1972-     City planning -- Social aspects.     Urban renewal -- Social aspects.     Urban transportation -- Social aspects.     Land use, Urban -- Social aspects.     City and town life -- Social aspects.       MARC Display

Where we want to live : reclaiming infrastructure for a new generation of cities / Ryan Gravel. by Gravel, Ryan, 1972- St. Martin's Press, c2016. Call #: 307.1216 G775w Subjects City planning -- Social aspects.   Urban renewal -- Social aspects.   Urban transportation -- Social aspects.   Land use, Urban -- Social aspects.   City and town life -- Social aspects. ISBN:  9781250078254 (hc.) Edition:  1st edition. Description:  xiii, 236 p. : ill. ; 25 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-230) and index. Contents:  As many gains as losses -- "Infra-culture" -- Cycles of change -- There's nothing wrong with sprawl -- Tough love -- An idea with ambition -- A wide-open place -- An expandable vision -- Breaking ground on hope -- Catalyst infrastructure -- An infrastructure for health and well-being -- An infrastructure for economic prosperity -- An infrastructure for equity -- An infrastructure for civic identity -- Up ahead. Summary:  "After decades of sprawl, many American city and suburban residents struggle with quality of life issues related to traffic and its accompanying pollution and time drain, divided neighborhoods, and a non-walkable life. Architect Ryan Gravel argues that this can change. Cities can create a healthier, more satisfying way of life by remodeling and augmenting different parts of cities to connect neighborhoods and communities. Gravel came up with a way to do just that in his hometown with the Atlanta Beltline project, a 22-mile looped path built on long-dormant intersecting rail lines. It connects 40 diverse Atlanta neighborhoods to city schools, shopping districts, and public parks, and has already seen a huge payoff in real estate development and local business revenue. Similar projects include the Los Angeles River Revitalization, the Buffalo Bayou in Houston, the Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis and the Underline in Miami. An exciting blueprint for revitalizing cities to make them places where we truly want to live"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   J. D. Shatford Memorial Public Library Adult Nonfiction 307.1216 G775w Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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