Diy City - The Collective Power of Small Actions

Hank Dittmar, urban planner, friend of artists and creatives, sometime rancher, "high priest of town planning" to the Prince of Wales, believed in letting small things happen. Looking at the global cities of the world, he saw a crisis of success, with gentrification and global capital driving up home prices in some cities, while others decayed for lack of investment.

In DIY City, Dittmar explains why individual initiative, small-scale business, and small development matter, with lively stories from his own experience and examples from recent history.

Dittmar's timely response to the challenges many cities face today is to make Do-It-Yourself the norm rather than the exception by removing the barriers to small-scale building and local business. The message of DIY City can offer hope to anyone who cares about cities.

About the author

Hank Dittmar (1956-2018) was the founding principal of Hank Dittmar Associates, an international urban planning firm. Before that, he was chief executive of The Prince's Foundation for Building Community, leading the foundation in contributing to the design of our built environment at practical and policy levels both in the UK and internationally. Dittmar also served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Congress for the New Urbanism, the founding president and CEO of Reconnecting America, and executive director of the Surface Transportation Policy Partnership.

Summary

Hank Dittmar’s last original work offers hope for cities in small-scale, individual actions.

Product details

• Authors: Hank Dittmar, Dittmar Hank
• Publisher: Island Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781642830521
• ISBN: 978-1-64283-052-1
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Architecture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, ARCHITECTURE / Criticism, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, ARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design, Urban & municipal planning, Urban and municipal planning and policy