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Community design [electronic resource] : a team approach to dynamic community systems / W. Arthur Mehrhoff.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cities & planning series ; v. 4.Publication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1999.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 139 p.) : ill., 1 mapISBN:
  • 9781452263427 (electronic bk.)
  • 1452263426 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 307.1/2/0973 22
LOC classification:
  • HT165.52 .M45 1999
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Contents:
The third wave : a changing American landscape -- Community : a wave or a particle? -- Is there a place for places in community? -- 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.
Summary: Community design has grown in importance in the public policy agenda over the past decade. This book focuses on the author's experience and work in Minnesota where a design team of architects, planners, and economic and community development practitioners provided planning and design assistance to local communities. The book explores the advantages of a systems approach to community design and uses the work of the Minnesota team to consider the issues involved in the implementation of successful community design.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-132) and index.

The third wave : a changing American landscape -- Community : a wave or a particle? -- Is there a place for places in community? -- 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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Community design has grown in importance in the public policy agenda over the past decade. This book focuses on the author's experience and work in Minnesota where a design team of architects, planners, and economic and community development practitioners provided planning and design assistance to local communities. The book explores the advantages of a systems approach to community design and uses the work of the Minnesota team to consider the issues involved in the implementation of successful community design.

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