Reshaping Metropolitan America - Development Trends and Opportunities to 2030

Informationen zum Autor Dr. Arthur C. Nelson, FAICP, is Presidential Professor of City & Metropolitan Planning at the University of Utah where he is also Director of the Metropolitan Research Center and is Co-Director of the Master of Real Estate Development Program. Klappentext Nearly half the buildings that will be standing in 2030 do not exist today. That means we have a tremendous opportunity to reinvent our urban areas, making them more sustainable and livable for future generations. But for this vision to become reality, the planning community needs reliable data about emerging development trends. Arthur C. Nelson delivers that resource in Reshaping Metropolitan America , providing statistics about changes in population, jobs, housing, nonresidential space, and other key factors. Most importantly, he shows the benefits of reshaping America in ways that meet emerging market demands, and then outlines a policy agenda to do so. Reshaping Metropolitan America does not simply make predictions; it shows that Americans want better communities, what the benefits are, and how to get there. Zusammenfassung Nearly half the buildings that will be standing in 2030 do not exist today. That means we have a tremendous opportunity to reinvent our urban areas! making them more sustainable and livable for future generations. This book providing statistics about changes in population! jobs! housing! non-residential space! and other key factors.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur C Nelson, Arthur C. Nelson, Arthur C./ Blumenauer Nelson
• Assisted by: Blumenauer Earl (Foreword)
• Publisher: Island Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.2013
• EAN: 9781610910330
• ISBN: 978-1-61091-033-0
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Metropolitan Planning + Design
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; USA, Urban & municipal planning, United States of America, USA, Urban and municipal planning and policy