
Community Design
A Team Approach to Dynamic Community Systems
W. .. Arthur Mehrhoff(Author)
SAGE Publications Inc (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 27. July 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-7619-0597-4 (ISBN)
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.
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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
409 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-0597-4 (9780761905974)
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1st Edition
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Content
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
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