[DOWNLOAD] "Ideas, Associations, And the Making of Good Cities (Essay)" by Journal of Markets & Morality # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free

📘 Read Now 📥 Download

eBook details

Title: Ideas, Associations, And the Making of Good Cities (Essay)
Author : Journal of Markets & Morality
Release Date : January 22, 2007
Genre: Business & Personal Finance,Books,
Pages : * pages
Size : 260 KB

Description

Swirling around the political discourse regarding global warming and record high gas prices are fundamental questions about city and community life in modern America. Increasingly, public officials and those in leadership positions speak of "smart growth" and its ugly alternative, "suburban sprawl." Often forgotten, however, in the political wrangling is the heart of the entire issue: What is it that makes a city good? Recently, the New Urbanist movement in architecture and in law has tried to answer this question by revitalizing traditional center cities and preventing sprawl through higher density areas more dependent on the bicycle than the automobile. As important as revitalizing physical spaces might be, however, it can only do so much. Missing from the dialogue on what ails American cities is indicative of the individualistic society in which Americans live: civic associations and authoritative institutions outside of government. Yet, associations and the ideas to which they are dedicated are essential if cities are to regain their prominence in American life. Only when this larger truth is recognized and understood will political discourse start to bear the fruit of a more meaningful community life.