Rural by Design: Maintaining Small Town Character

Book

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Rural by Design: Maintaining Small Town Character

Entry/Object ID

2013.014.02

Description

A toolbox of creative rural planning techniques that can preserve rural open space and community character. Content Sections: Common Qualities of Traditional Towns -- Changes in the Pattern -- Future Prospects: Choosing Among Alternative Patterns -- Aesthetics of Form in Town Planning: Learning from the Past -- Residential Development Patterns Along the Connecticut River -- Homes, Jobs, and Agriculture Beside the Taylor River -- Evolution from Village to Town in a Typical Inland Site -- Commercial Infill Development Along a Major Street -- Development in Town Centers and Along Highways -- Affordable Housing -- Street Design for Rural Subdivisions -- Scenic Roads -- Sewage Disposal -- Encouraging Open Space Design -- Requiring Open Space Design -- Greenways and Buffers -- Economics of Preserving Open Space -- Retaining Farmland and Farmers -- Regional Contexts for Growth Management -- Case Examples. xx, 441 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2013.014.

Source or Donor

Hastie, Winslow W.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Winslow W. Hastie

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

City planning--United States, Cities and towns--United States

Book Details

Author

Arendt, Randall

Publisher

American Planning Association

Place Published

Location

Chicago, IL

Date Published

1994

Call No.

HT167 .A834 1994

ISBN

0918286867

LCCN

93071517

Notes

Copy No.: 0

Location

Location

Room

Preservation Department

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

General Notes

Note

Notes: Rural by design : maintaining small town character / by Randall Arendt ; contributing authors, Elizabeth A. Brabec ... [et al.] ; cosponsored by Lincoln Land Institute of Land Policy, Environmental Law Foundation, Center for Rural Massachusetts. Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-429) and index. Preservation Department copy.

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Create Date

May 8, 2013

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023