TY  - GEN
AU  - Greenberg, Ken
TI  - Walking home : : the life and lessons of a city builder
SN  - 9780307358158
U1  - 307.342 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Canada
PB  - Random House
KW  -  
N1  - CONTENTS
Introduction   i
I. THE CITY ON THE ROPES
Growing up in Cities and Suburbs 14 
The Pre-War Anticity Polemic   21 
Cheap Energy Fuels Personal Mobility:
The Flight to the Suburbs   31 
A Toxic Convergence: Doubts Sown 36
II. THE CITY REBOUNDING
Action-Reaction: The Emperor Has No Clothes
The Streams Merge 48
Leaving for Amsterdam 54
Arriving in Toronto: A Second Chance 56
Jane Jacobs' Ideas Resonate 66
A Tipping Point   71
III. THE ELUSIVE ART/SCIENCE OF CITY BUILDING
A Unique Ability to Combine Things 78 
We Shape Our Cities and They Shape Us 85 
False Trails and Mirages 93 
A Revival of City Building 105
IV.NEW TOOLS AND TEAMS
Epiphany in Prince Albert no Testing a Method in Toronto 114 
Taking It on the Road to Saint Paul 131 
There Is a Time to Say No 143 
Optimizing the Whole, Not the Parts 147 
New Kinds of Collaboration 152 
A New Tool Kit 158 
Serial Creations 169
V.CITIES PERPETUALLY RE-INVENT THEMSELVES
Shaping Forces in Our Time 174 
Doing More with Less   186 
Getting Out of Our Cars 193 
Retrofitting Infrastructure 197 
Greater Mix and Overlap 205 
Cities in Nature 211 
Universities as City Builders 225 
Back from the Abyss 231 
Suburban Transformations 244
VI- RECLAIMING THE PUBLIC REALM
Public Space Lost and Found 254 
The Revival of the Commons 257 
Back to the Water's Edge 265 
Urban Trails and Public Access 273
VII: MANAGING CHANGE IN DEMOCRATIC SETTINGS
The Wisdom of Crowds 290
Getting to Scale: Subsidiarity 295
How the Development Table Is Structured 304
From NIMBY to YIMBY   311
Political Space: Mayors and Councillors 315
VIII: REDEEMING THE PROMISE OF CITIES
Turning the Corner 326
The Case for Empowering Cities 342
Notes 348
Acknowledgements 354
Image Credits 356 
Index 358


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