| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 379 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Introduction -- The Irvine ranch -- Columbia -- The Woodlands -- Organizing the metropolis -- Alternatives to sprawl? -- New town planning and the paradoxes of private innovation |
| Summary |
The ""new community"" movement of the 1960s and 1970s attempted a grand experiment in housing. It inspired the construction of innovative communities that were designed to counter suburbia's cultural conformity, social isolation, ugliness, and environmental problems. This richly documented book examines the results of those experiments in three of the most successful new communities: Irvine Ranch in Southern California, Columbia in Maryland, and The Woodlands in the suburbs of Houston, Texas. Based on new research and interviews with developers, designers, and residents, Ann Forsyt |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-365) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Planned communities -- United States -- Case studies
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City planning -- California -- Irvine
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City planning -- Maryland -- Columbia
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City planning -- Texas -- Woodlands
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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ARCHITECTURE -- History -- General.
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City planning
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Planned communities
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Suburbaner Raum
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Stadtleben
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Vorstadt
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| SUBJECT |
Irvine (Calif.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79076654
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Columbia (Md.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80145910
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Woodlands (Tex.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85064341
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California -- Irvine
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Maryland -- Columbia
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Texas -- Woodlands
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United States
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Irvine, Calif.
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Woodlands, Tex.
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Columbia, Md.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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Case studies.
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Études de cas.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520937918 |
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0520937910 |
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1598755390 |
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9781598755398 |
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9780520241657 |
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0520241657 |
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9780520241664 |
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0520241665 |
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1417595884 |
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9781417595884 |
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1282357883 |
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9781282357884 |
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9786612357886 |
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6612357886 |
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