Where We Want to Live: Reclaiming Infrastructure for a New Generation of Cities
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (978 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B014CS5TME |
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| Number of Pages | : | 127 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Absolutely inspiring." - Allison Arieff, Contributing Columnist, The New York Times“Crisp and smart. I don’t always think about these issues on a spectacular day of running or biking on the Atlanta Beltline with my three daughters. Decreases in blood pressure and obesity and increases in connectedness, happiness and joy. As a doctor, I am also well aware of the tremendous health benefits a walking city can have on our health. A hopeful book with achievable goals.” Christopher B. At a time when sustainability, race relations, and economic growth seem more perplexing than ever, Ryan’s ideas address all of these issues through a thoughtful approach to the development of our cities. With the spirt of Daniel Burnham’s famous “make no little plans,” Gravel shows how his concept for the
Andrea said Inspirational and motivating for land use professionals. Gravel has provided a great overview of urban planning and infrastructure solutions for the problems that we face post-sprawl. I live in the Pacific Northwest and work for local government in land use. I found this book to be both inspiring and professionally motivating. The everyday interactions that are experienced when we travel by foot, bicycle, bus or light rail are profound. They help us live our lives more efficiently, happier, and they trigger a feeling of community si. Thought Provoking for Planners, Designers, and Citizen Activists Alike Kay E. Stephenson Being from Atlanta and familiar with Ryan Gravel and his vision for the Atlanta BeltLine, I thought I knew what I would find here. Not so. This book offers a wealth of historical perspective, from cities around the country and the world. More importantly we find a vision for the transformation of our cities and suburbs, and some ideas about how to start, what will work, and where the pitfalls might hide. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in building the place y. Read it! Robert Hammond As a co-founder of the High Line project I read a lot of these kinds of book but Ryan knows first hand what he is writing about. And this is not a dry academic treatise, its easy and interesting to read whether you are into this fields of cities or just a lay person. Read it!
Urban designer Ryan Gravel makes a case for how we can change this. 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 are in the works around the country, from the Los Angeles River Revitalization and the Buffalo Bayou in Houston to the Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis and the Underline in Miami. In Where We Want to Live, Gravel presents an exciting blueprint for revitalizing cities to make them places where we truly want to live.. Gravel came up with a way to do just that in his hometown with the Atlanta Beltline project. **Winner, Phillip D. Cities have the capacity to create a healthier, more satisfying way of life by remodeling and augmenting their infrastru
A designer, planner, and writer, he is increasingly called to speak to an international audience on topics as wide ranging as brownfield remediation, transportation, public health, affordable housing, and urban regeneration. Gravel lives with his family in Atlanta, Georgia. . In September 2016, he was awarded the inaugural Judy Turner Prize. RYAN GR