01672 a2200277 4500 1611900018 20250317100409.0 250312042012GB 58 eng 9781611900019 Taylor & Francis GBP 33.99 BB 01 eng RPC thema TN thema RPC bic TN bic ARC008000 bisac ARC010000 bisac 711.4 bisac Sidney Brower Neighbors and Neighborhoods Elements of Successful Community Design 1 Oxford Routledge 20120120 224 p How does the design of a neighborhood affect the people who live there? In this thoughtful, engaging book, the author explains how a neighborhood’s design lays the groundwork for the social relationships that make it a community. Blending social science with personal interviews, the author shares the lessons of planned communities from historic Riverside, Illinois, to archetypal Levittown, New York, and Disney’s Celebration, Florida. Through these inspirational stories, readers will discover the characteristics of neighborhoods that promote the attitudes and behaviors of a healthy community. This volume is an eye-opener for everyone who’s wondered what makes their local neighborhoods tick. It demystifies the way planners, architects, developers, organizers, and citizens come together in crafting a community’s physical elements, policies, programs, and processes. Readers will come away with a new understanding of their roles in creating the communities they want. 2071 2071