Jeff Speck's classic manifesto and guidebook on revitalizing cities though walkability, with a new introduction by the author.
Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it down to one key factor: walkability. Making downtown into a walkable, viable community is the essential fix for the typical American city; it is eminently achievable and its benefits are manifold. Walkable City--bursting with sharp observations and key insights into how urban change happens--lays out a practical, necessary, and inspiring vision for how to make American cities the best they can be.
Publisher: Macmillan
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 464 pages
ISBN-10: 1250857988
Item Weight: 0.7 lbs
Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.9 x 8.2 inches
Customer Reviews: 4 out of 5 stars 1,001 to 10,000 ratings
"Timely and important, a delightful, insightful, irreverent work . . . Should be required reading." --The Christian Science Monitor
"A forceful analysis of what's wrong with most cities and a 10-step program for fixing them. Given that 80 percent of Americans now live in urban areas, everyone interested in improving the quality of city life should read this book and heed its lessons." --John Strawn, The Sunday Oregonian
Jeff Speck, coauthor of the landmark bestseller Suburban Nation, is a city planner who advocates for smart growth and sustainable design. As the former director of design at the National Endowment for the Arts, he oversaw the Mayors' Institute on City Design, where he worked with dozens of American mayors on their most pressing city planning challenges. He leads a design practice based in Washington, D.C.
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