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February 23, 2009
Robert Gibbs, MLA'84
"Urban Retail Planning Principles for Traditional Neighborhoods" in New Urbanism and Beyond: Designing Cities for the Future, edited by Tigran Haas, Rizzoli, 2008.
The book: The complex challenges facing cities today--scarcity of resources, growing economic divisions and rampant sprawl, among others—are forcing a reconsideration of urban design. New Urbanism, a leading movement within urban design, advocates a return to small-town urban forms: human-scale, pedestrian-friendly streets, a reinvigoration of cities and a stop to suburban sprawl. This new volume, drawing on a conference and debates at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, comprehensively examines New Urbanism today and speculates about its future.
The author: Robert Gibbs is founder of Gibbs Planning Group, an urban development firm. He lives in Birmingham, Michigan.
Posted by tobiaslw at February 23, 2009 05:20 PM