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Author Walljasper, Jay.

Title The great neighborhood book : a do-it-yourself guide to placemaking / Jay Walljasper ; success story sidebars by Benjamin Fried ; all photographs by Project for Public Spaces unless otherwise noted.

Publication Info. Gabriola Island, B.C. : New Society Publishers, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 175 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note "A Project for Public Spaces book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Acknowledgments; Preface: A neighborhood love story; Introduction, by Project for Public Spaces: Changing the world one place at a time; 1. Feeling Right at Home: How to foster a sense of community; 2. Where Everybody Knows Your Name: How to create great places to hang out; 3. Going Places: How to tame traffic and improve transportation; 4. Keeping Peace in the Streets: How to assure safety and promote justice; 5. Where the Action Is: How to boost local economic vitality; 6. Greening the Neighborhood: How to keep things clean, green and natural.
Summary For all those looking to add a sense of home to their neighborhoods, this graphically-rich resource provides practical suggestions for how to do it and inspiring stories of successful efforts made by real-life people to improve traffic, crime rates, sustainability, community, and more.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Community life.
Community life.
Neighborhoods -- Social aspects.
Neighborhoods -- Social aspects.
Neighborhoods.
Community development, Urban.
Community development, Urban.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Fried, Benjamin.
Project for Public Spaces.
Other Form: Print version: Walljasper, Jay. Great neighborhood book. Gabriola Island, B.C. : New Society Publishers, ©2007 0865715815 (OCoLC)137241387
ISBN 9781550923421 (electronic book)
1550923420 (electronic book)
9780865715813
0865715815
0865715815