Rural by Design: Planning for Town and Country

Rural by Design: Planning for Town and Country
by: Randall Arendt (Author)
Publisher: Routledge
Edition: 2nd
Publication Date: 30 Mar. 2015
Language: English
Print Length: 544 pages
ISBN-10: 1611901529
ISBN-13: 9781611901528
Book Description
For America’s rural and suburban areas, new challenges demand new solutions. Author Randall Arendt meets them in an entirely new edition of Rural by Design. When this planning classic first appeared 20 years ago, it showed how creative, practical land-use planning can preserve open space and keep community character intact. The second edition shifts the focus toward infilling neighborhoods, strengthening town centers, and moving development closer to schools, shops, and jobs. New chapters cover form-based codes, visioning, sustainability, low-impact development, green infrastructure, and more, while 70 case studies show how these ideas play out in the real world. Readers ―rural or not―will find practical advice about planning for the way we live now.