Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the Americ

For a decade, "Suburban Nation "has given voice to a growing movement in North America to put an end to suburban sprawl and replace the last century´s automobile-based settlement patterns with a return to more traditional planning. Founders of the Congress for the New Urbanism, Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk are at the forefront of the movement, and even their critics, such as Fred Barnes in "The Weekly Standard," recognized that ""Suburban Nation "is likely to become this movement´s bible." A lively lament about the failures of postwar planning, this is also that rare book that offers solutions: "an essential handbook" ("San Francisco Chronicle"). This tenth anniversary edition includes a new preface by the authors.