基本信息
作者: Loper, Robert
出版年: 2002-12
頁數: 112
定價: $ 16.95
內容簡介
For much of the last century, civic planning acte
d on the principle that we were only the next subdivision away from the American dream. Sprawl, dislocation, and civic disengagement was the result. Social capital, those social networks and the attendant norms of trust and reciprocity, became an endangered resource. (原文)By promoting communities that are denser, less car dependent and have a diverse mix of residential, business, and retail elements, "New Urbanism" seeks to rebuild the ties between individuals and their communities. Such communities, "New Urbanism" argues, foster more interaction among their residents, and lead to an increase in bonding social capital. (原文)