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Land is a broad category, including land use and urban planning. | Land is a broad category, including land use and urban planning. | ||
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| + | == Audio == | ||
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| + | [http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R907101000 Shrinking Cities] | ||
| + | The economic downturn has further blighted and depopulated many already ailing urban areas. In response, some land use experts are pushing the idea of demolishing abandoned buildings -- and even whole neighborhoods -- as a way to revitalize these cities. | ||
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| + | == Video == | ||
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| + | [http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/121 James Howard Kunstler (TEDtalk video)] "Public spaces should be inspired centers of civic life -- the physical manifestation of the common good. Instead, he argues, what we have in America is a nation of places not worth caring about." note: political views and some profanity). | ||
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| + | End of Suburbia [http://docuary.oftheworld.tv/details.php?media_id=232&search_term=environment video excerpt] see also [http://endofsuburbia.com website] | ||
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| + | Kenneth T. Jackson ''Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States'' McH Stacks HT384.U5J33 1985 | ||
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| + | Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, & Jeff Speck. ''Suburban Nation: the Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream.'' New York: North Point Press, 2000. McH Stacks HT384.U5 D83 2000 | ||
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| + | [http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2008/07/21/080721crbo_books_kolbert?currentPage=all Lawn article] | ||
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| + | [http://www.amazon.com/American-Green-Obsessive-Quest-Perfect/dp/0393060845 ''American Green''] book on lawns | ||
Revision as of 13:56, 11 July 2009
Land is a broad category, including land use and urban planning.
Audio
Shrinking Cities The economic downturn has further blighted and depopulated many already ailing urban areas. In response, some land use experts are pushing the idea of demolishing abandoned buildings -- and even whole neighborhoods -- as a way to revitalize these cities.
Video
James Howard Kunstler (TEDtalk video) "Public spaces should be inspired centers of civic life -- the physical manifestation of the common good. Instead, he argues, what we have in America is a nation of places not worth caring about." note: political views and some profanity).
End of Suburbia video excerpt see also website
Text
Kenneth T. Jackson Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States McH Stacks HT384.U5J33 1985
Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, & Jeff Speck. Suburban Nation: the Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream. New York: North Point Press, 2000. McH Stacks HT384.U5 D83 2000
American Green book on lawns
Articles in category "Land"
The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
