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Architecture Urban & Land Use Planning

Planning the New Suburbia

Flexibility by Design

by (author) Avi Friedman

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Nov 2007
Category
Urban & Land Use Planning, City Planning & Urban Development
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774850131
    Publish Date
    Nov 2007
    List Price
    $125.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774808590
    Publish Date
    May 2002
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774808583
    Publish Date
    Nov 2001
    List Price
    $95.00

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Description

The suburbs house two-thirds of North America’s population and are the subject of much debate and criticism. Planning the New Suburbia explores this phenomenon and proposes ways to respond to the challenge of creating affordable, adaptable, and environmentally sustainable neighbourhoods. Avi Friedman surveys the evolution of urban planning and the the development of North American suburbs. He suggests new methods of design and regulation that would enable urban planners to conceive and inhabitants to adapt suburban communities and homes to their evolving needs, including changing family sizes, aging populations, or new working conditions. Rather than dismissing a suburb as an unattractive, impersonal sprawl, Friedman shows how they can be modified into an affordable, sustainable, and adaptable community.

About the author

Avi Friedman teaches architecture at McGill University and is a practicing architect. He is the recipient of several research and design awards including the World Habitat Award and the 2014 Sustainable Buildings Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the author of eighteen books, including Innovative Houses: Concepts for Sustainable Living, A View from the Porch: Rethinking Home and Community Design (Véhicule), and A Place in Mind: Designing Cities for the 21st Century (Véhicule). He lives in Montreal, Quebec.

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