Roberta Brandes Gratz, The Living City: How America's Cities Are Being Revitalized by Thinking Small in a Big Way (Preservation Press, 1995; John Wiley & Sons, 1998) In this precursor to Cities Back From the Edge, Gratz defines the phenomena she calls "urban husbandry" the care, management, and preservation of the built environment through participatory planning efforts and makes a winning case for its ability to transform devastated neighborhoods. MORE: Terrain book review Amazon |
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