Community design : a team approach to dynamic community systems

Author(s)

• Mehrhoff, W. Arthur

Bibliographic Information

Community design : a team approach to dynamic community systems

W. Arthur Mehrhoff

（Cities & planning series, v. 4）

Sage Publications, c1999

• : cloth : acid-free paper
• : pbk. : acid-free paper

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-132) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Arthur Mehrhoff's Community Design represents a unique way of analyzing a community and the steps needed to help design a sustainable community. In this important contribution, Mehrhoff, through his work with the Minnesota Design Team, seeks to "help communities take control of shaping a sustainable future of their own by means of information, insight, and civic dialogue." He urges readers to rethink the shape and shaping of their communities by looking at "community" in a more holistic and multidisciplinary manner. Mehrhoff tackles such topics as defining community, understanding the history of a community, understanding the issues and problems affecting a community, examining the visual aspects of a community, and obtaining citizen opinion throughout the process of becoming a sustainable community. Small communities everywhere can replicate the process discussed in this book. Community Design is well written and thought-provoking and provides a nice blend of theory and practice. This book should be useful to all students, academics, local policy makers, and citizens who are interested in creating a common sustainable vision for their communities.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: THE NEED FOR COMMUNITY DESIGN The Third Wave A Changing American Landscape Commmunity A Wave or a Particle? Is There a Place for Places in the Community? PART TWO: METHODS OF COMMUNITY DESIGN Action Research The Foundation of Community Design Community in the Third Dimension Gauging Community Opinion You've Gotta Have Connections Community Design as a Healing Process

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Details

• NCID: BA4301191X
• ISBN:
  • 0761905960
  • 0761905979
• LCCN: 98025434
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 139 p.
• Size: 29 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HT165.52
  • DC21 : 307.1/2/0973
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : City planning -- United States
  • LCSH : Land use, Urban -- United States
  • LCSH : Community development -- United States
  • LCSH : Urban policy -- United States
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA3032170X