400 pages
English language
Published Dec. 15, 2015 by Penguin Books, Limited.
Like a rumbling locomotive, this book starts a little slow but quickly becomes unstoppable. A must-read if you want to turn your subdivision into a neighborhood with pro-social town planning.
Our surroundings have an direct impact on our happiness and well being. Urban design thus has a large influence on people's lives, yet if happiness, community, or sustainability are our goals, we've been doing it entirely wrong. In this book, Montgomery, looks at the fraught history of the American city and suburb, examples of how different cities around the globe have approached the same issues, and how we can change cities for the better though a change in thinking and public engagement.
Our surroundings have an direct impact on our happiness and well being. Urban design thus has a large influence on people's lives, yet if happiness, community, or sustainability are our goals, we've been doing it entirely wrong. In this book, Montgomery, looks at the fraught history of the American city and suburb, examples of how different cities around the globe have approached the same issues, and how we can change cities for the better though a change in thinking and public engagement.
