Sprawl Repair Manual

div P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormalThere is a wealth of research and literature explaining suburban sprawl and the urgent need to retrofit suburbia. However, until now there has been no single guide that directly explains IhowB /B/Ito repair typical sprawl elements. IThe/I ISprawl Repair Manual/I demonstrates a Istep-by-step design process /Ifor the re-balancing and re-urbanization of suburbia into more sustainable, economical, energy- and resource-efficient patterns, from the region and the community to the block and the individual building. As Galina Tachieva asserts in this exceptionally useful book, sprawl repair will require a proactive and aggressive approach, focused onB /Bdesign, regulation and incentivesI./I IThe/I ISprawl Repair Manual /Iis a much-needed, single-volume reference for fixing sprawl, incorporating changes into the regulatory system, and implementing repairs through incentives and permitting strategies. This manual specifies the expertise that’s needed and details the techniques and algorithms of sprawl repair within the context of reducing the financial and ecological footprint of urban growth./P P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal /P P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormalIThe/I ISprawl Repair Manual/I draws on more than two decades of practical experience in the field of repairing and building communities to analyze the current pattern of sprawl development, disassemble it into its elemental components, and present a process for transforming them into human-scale, sustainable elements. The techniques are illustrated both two- and three-dimensionally, providing users with clear methodologies for the sprawl repair interventions, some of which are radical, but all of which will produce positive results./p/DIV