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1、PLANNINGTHEGOODCOMMUNITYPeopleeitherlovenewurbanismorhateit.Somefindcompactnewneighbourhoodsofbrownstonerowhouses,elegantVictorianmansions,orcountrycottagesdelight-ful:placesthatcelebratethecityanditshistory,andofferhopeforasustainablefuture.Othersseethese
2、‘urbanvillages’asup-gradedsuburbsmiredintheaesthet-icsofanothertimeandplace:cloyinglynostalgicanachronismsforaffluentélites.Thisbookexaminesnewurbanapproachesbothintheoryandpractice.Takingacriticallookathownewurbanismlivesuptoitstheoryinitspractice,itasksw
3、hethernewurbanapproachesofferaviablepathtothegoodcommunity.WithexamplesdrawnprincipallyfromtheUnitedStates,Canada,Britain,Germany,Belgium,Norway,andJapan,thisbookexploresnewurbanapproachesinawiderangeofsettings.Itconsiderstherelationshipbetweenthemovement
4、forurbanvillagesandanurbanrenaissancethathasspreadintheUKandEuropewiththe‘NewUrbanism’movementintheUnitedStatesandCanadaandaskswhethertheconcernsthatdrivecontemporaryplanningtheory–issueslikepower,democ-racy,spatialpatterns,andglobalization–receiveadequat
5、eattentioninnewurbanapproaches.Doesnewurbanismofferapersuasivenormativetheoryofurbandevel-opmentthatwillshapeplanningpracticeforyearstocome,oradesignparadigmthatcannottranscenditsculturaloriginsinaparticulartimeandplace?Theworkofnewurbanistshasresultedinb
6、eautifulurbandistrictsthatrevealthepotentialofplanningtocreatemoreattractiveandmeaningfulurbanlandscapes.Newurbanistshavedevelopedandpropagatedaformulaforplanningthegoodcommunity,andhavegainedinternationalattentionintheprocess.Beautyisarguablyanecessaryco
7、nditionforthegoodcommunity,butisitsufficient?JillGrantisDirectoroftheSchoolofPlanningatDalhousieUniversity,Canada.THERTPILibrarySeriesEditors:CliffHague,HeriotWattUniversityEdinburgh,ScotlandTimRichardson,SheffieldUniversity,UKRobertUpton,RTPI,London,UKPubl
8、ishedinconjunctionwithTheRoyalTownPlanningInstitute,thisseriesofleading-edgetextslooksatallaspectsofspatialplanningtheoryandpracticefromacom-parativeandinternationalperspective.PlanninginPostmodernTimesPhilipAllmend
