A Research Agenda for New Urbanism

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A Research Agenda for New Urbanism is written by Emily Talen and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1788118634 (ISBN 10) and 9781788118637 (ISBN 13).

New Urbanism, a movement devoted to building walkable, socially diversity cities, has garnered some successes and some failures over the past several decades. A Research Agenda for New Urbanism is a forward-looking book composed of chapters by leading scholars of New Urbanism. Authors focus on multiple topics, including affordability, transportation, social life and retail to highlight the areas of research that are most important for the future of the field. The book summarizes what we know and what we need to know to provide a research agenda that will have the greatest promise and most positive impact on building the best possible human habitat—which is the aim of New Urbanism.