TY  - BOOK
AU  - Langdon,Philip
TI  - Within walking distance: creating livable communities for all 
SN  - 9781610917711
U1  - 307.1/2160973 23
KW  - Pedestrian areas
KW  - United States
KW  - Planning
KW  - Community development
KW  - City planning
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-254) and index
N2  - "In Within Walking Distance, journalist and urban critic Philip Langdon looks at why and how Americans are shifting toward a more human-scale way of building and living. He shows how people are creating, improving, and caring for walkable communities. There is no one-size-fits-all approach. Starting conditions differ radically, as do the attitudes and interests of residents. To draw the most important lessons, Langdon spent time in six communities that differ in size, history, wealth, diversity, and education, yet share crucial traits: compactness, a mix of uses and activities, and human scale. [...] In these communities, Langdon examines safe, comfortable streets; sociable sidewalks; how buildings connect to the public realm; bicycling; public transportation; and incorporation of nature and parks into city or town life. In all these varied settings, he pays special attention to a vital ingredient: local commitment." --
ER  -