{"product_id":"case-studies-in-retrofitting-suburbia-9781119149170","title":"Case Studies in Retrofitting Suburbia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brand-new collection of 32 case studies that further demonstrate the retrofitting of suburbia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis amply-illustrated book, second in a series, documents how defunct shopping malls, parking lots, and the past century's other obsolete suburban development patterns are being retrofitted to address current urgent challenges they weren't designed for: improving public health, increasing resilience in the face of climate change, leveraging social capital for equity, supporting an aging society, competing for jobs, and disrupting automobile dependence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCase Studies in Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Strategies for Urgent Challenges\u003c\/i\u003e provides summaries, data, and references on how these challenges manifest in suburbia and discussion of successful urban design strategies to address them in Part I. Part II documents how innovative design strategies are implemented in a range of northern American contexts and market conditions. From modest interventions with bi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Urgent Suburban Challenges\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter I.1 Disrupt Automobile Dependence 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoads, Streets, and Stroads 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCan’t We Do Something About All This Traffic? 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParking, Parking. . .and Parking 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWalk, Pedal, Hail, and Scoot 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAutonomous Urbanism? 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban Design Tactics for Disrupting and Reducing Automobile Dependence 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter I.2 Improve Public Health 16\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Burdens of Disease 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCategory 1: Physical Activity, Obesity, and Chronic Disease 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCategory 2: Emotional Health and Degree of Community Engagement 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCategory 3: Likelihood of Being Killed or Injured in a Vehicle Crash 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWalk This Way: Linking Physical Activity to Physical Design 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccess: To Good Food, and to Healthcare 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSafety: Preventing Preventable Injuries 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeing Green: Biophilic Design and Mental Wellness 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCombatting Loneliness: The Importance of Social Connectedness 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCleaning Up: Reducing Impacts of Polluted Air, Soil, and Water 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWell-Executed Retrofitting Improves Public Health 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter I.3 Support an Aging Population 29\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA New Name: Perennials 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Lifelong Community Model 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Brief History of Retirement Living: Sun City and The Villages of Florida 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLearning Lessons from Retirement Communities 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Support: Reinhabiting Ghostboxes and Parking Lots into Amenities 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHousing Choices: Aging-in-Community at Malls, Strip Centers, and Office Parks 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic and Wellness Factors: Evolution of the \"Granny Flat\" and the Household Model 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePost-Car Life for Perennials? 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter I.4 Leverage Social Capital for Equity 42\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConceptual Frameworks for Increasing Equity Through Social Capital 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDemographic Trends in Suburbs as Drivers of Change 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Framework for Asserting the Role of Design in Achieving Social Diversity 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThird Place Redux 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Capital in Ethnoburbs 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProviding More Housing Types and Choices, Including Units for Rent 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProtecting Apartments Under Threat 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Right to the Suburb? The Public Realm 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRetrofitting the Suburban Social Body 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter I.5 Compete for Jobs 56\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenerational Shift? 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRetrofitting the Office Park and Corporate Campus 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrbanism as the New Amenity 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReinhabiting and Regreening the Office Park 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoosting Small Business by Reinhabiting Dead Retail 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFuture Forecast for Jobs Competition 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter I.6 Add Water and Energy Resilience 70\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRetrofits to Improve Water Quality: From Gray to Green 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRetrofitting Water for Resilience: Too Much Water 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRetrofitting Water for Resilience: Too Little Water 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRetrofitting Suburbia for Energy Resilience 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdding Resiliency by Design 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. The Case Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.1 Aurora Avenue North 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eShoreline, Washington\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.2 Hassalo on Eighth and Lloyd 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ePortland, Oregon\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.3 Lake Grove Village 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eLake Oswego, Oregon\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.4 Phoenix Park Apartments 101\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSacramento, California\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.5 Parkmerced 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSan Francisco, California\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.6 The BLVD 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eLancaster, California\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.7 TAXI 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eDenver, Colorado\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.8 Guthrie Green 121\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eTulsa, Oklahoma\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.9 La Gran Plaza 127\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFort Worth, Texas\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.10 The Domain 131\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAustin, Texas\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.11 ACC Highland 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAustin, Texas\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.12 Mueller 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAustin, Texas\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.13 Promenade of Wayzata 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWayzata, Minnesota\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.14 Maplewood Mall and Living Streets 157\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eMaplewood, Minnesota\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.15 Baton Rouge Health District 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eBaton Rouge, Louisiana\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.16 Uptown Circle 163\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNormal, Illinois\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.17 One Hundred Oaks Mall 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNashville, Tennessee\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.18 Historic Fourth Ward Park 169\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAtlanta, Georgia\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.19 Technology Park 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ePeachtree Corners, Georgia\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.20 Walker’s Bend 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eCovington, Georgia\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.21 Downtown Doral 185\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eDoral, Florida\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.22 Collinwood Recreation Center 189\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eCleveland, Ohio\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.23 The Mosaic District 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eMerrifield, Virginia\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.24 South Dakota Avenue and Riggs Road 199\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFort Totten, Washington, DC\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.25 White Flint and the Pike District 203\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eMontgomery County, Maryland\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.26 The Blairs District 211\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSilver Spring, Maryland\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.27 La Station – Centre Intergénérationnel 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNuns’ Island, Verdun, Quebec\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.28 Bell Works 217\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eHolmdel, New Jersey\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.29 Wyandanch Rising 223\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eTown of Babylon, New York\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.30 Meriden Green 229\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eMeriden, Connecticut\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.31 Cottages on Greene 233\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eEast Greenwich, Rhode Island\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase Study II.32 Assembly Square 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSomerville, Massachusetts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 245\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866387951959,"sku":"9781119149170","price":48.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119149170.jpg?v=1722278411","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/case-studies-in-retrofitting-suburbia-9781119149170","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}