Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs Book

Urban versus suburban form

Why retrofits? Why now?

Pt. I The Argument

Ch. 1 Instant Cities, Instant Architecture, and Incremental Metropolitanism

Pt. II The Examples

Ch. 2 Retrofitting Garden Apartments and Residential Subdivisions to address density and the new demographics

Ch. 3 Residential Case Study: Changes to "Levittown"

Ch. 4 From Commercial Strips to Social and Sustainable Infrastructure

Ch. 5 Strips Case Study: Mashpee Commons, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Ch. 6 From Regional Malls, to New Downtowns Through Mixed-Use and Public Space

Ch. 7 Mall Case Study: Cottonwood, Holladay, Utah

Ch. 8 Mall Case Study: Belmar, Lakewood, Colorado

Ch. 9 Edge City Infill: Improving Walkability and Interconnectivity

Ch. 10 Edge City Case Study: Downtown Kendall/Dadeland, Miami-Dade County, Florida

Ch. 11 Office and Industrial Park Retrofits to Recruit the Creative Class

Ch. 12 Office Park Case Study: University Town Center, Prince George's County, Maryland

Endnotes

Index