What Makes a Great City

What Makes a Great City
Author: Alexander Garvin
Publisher: Island Press
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2016-09-08
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1610917588

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One of Planetizen's Top Planning Books for 2017 - San Francisco Chronicle's 2016 Holiday Books Gift Guide Pick What makes a great city? City planner and architect Alexander Garvin set out to answer this question by observing cities, largely in North America and Europe, with special attention to Paris, London, New York, and Vienna. For Garvin, greatness is about what people who shape cities can do to make a city great. A great city is a dynamic, constantly changing place that residents and their leaders can reshape to satisfy their demands. Most importantly, it is about the interplay between people and public realm, and how they have interacted throughout history to create great cities. What Makes a Great City will help readers understand that any city can be changed for the better and inspire entrepreneurs, public officials, and city residents to do it themselves.


What Makes a Great City
Language: en
Pages: 342
Authors: Alexander Garvin
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-09-08 - Publisher: Island Press

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One of Planetizen's Top Planning Books for 2017 - San Francisco Chronicle's 2016 Holiday Books Gift Guide Pick What makes a great city? City planner and archite
The Heart of the City
Language: en
Pages: 266
Authors: Alexander Garvin
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-05-07 - Publisher:

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Downtowns are more than economic engines: they are repositories of knowledge and culture and generators of new ideas, technology, and ventures. They are the hea
Perfect City
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Joe Berridge
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher: Sutherland House Books

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"Cities, more than ever, are the engines of our economies and the ecosystems in which our lives play out. This means that questions about the perfectibility and
The City at Eye Level
Language: en
Pages: 226
Authors: Meredith Glaser
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher: Eburon Uitgeverij B.V.

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Although rarely explored in academic literature, most inhabitants and visitors interact with an urban landscape on a day-to-day basis is on the street level. St
Triumph of the City
Language: en
Pages: 369
Authors: Edward Glaeser
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-01-31 - Publisher: Penguin

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Shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Best Book of the Year Award in 2011 “A masterpiece.” —Steven D. Levitt, coauthor of Freakonomics “Burst