{"product_id":"suburban-nation-the-rise-of-sprawl-and-the-decline-of-the-american-dream","title":"Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream","description":"A manifesto by America's most controversial and celebrated town planners, proposing an alternative model for community design.\n\nThere is a growing movement in North America to put an end to suburban sprawl and to replace the automobile-based settlement patterns of the past fifty years with a return to more traditional planning principles. This movement stems not only from the realization that sprawl is ecologically and economically unsustainable but also from a growing awareness of sprawl's many victims: children, utterly dependent on parental transportation if they wish to escape the cul-de-sac; the elderly, warehoused in institutions once they lose their driver's licenses; the middle class, stuck in traffic for two or more hours each day.\n\nFounders of the Congress for the New Urbanism, Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk are at the forefront of this movement, and in Suburban Nation they assess sprawl's costs to society, be they ecological, economic, aesthetic, or social. It is a lively, thorough, critical lament, and an entertaining lesson on the distinctions between postwar suburbia-characterized by housing clusters, strip shopping centers, office parks, and parking lots-and the traditional neighborhoods that were built as a matter of course until mid-century. It is an indictment of the entire development community, including governments, for the fact that America no longer builds towns. Most important, though, it is that rare book that also offers solutions.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0865475571\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0865475571.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Duany, Andres|Plater-Zyberk, Elizabeth|Speck, Jeff\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43336870002749,"sku":"BVV.0865475571.G","price":6.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0865475571-0.jpg?v=1783810961","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/suburban-nation-the-rise-of-sprawl-and-the-decline-of-the-american-dream","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}