The past and future city : how historic preservation is reviving America's communities /: how historic preservation is reviving America's communities. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stephanie Meeks ; with Kevin C. Murphy.
• Other Names: Meeks, Stephanie; Murphy, Kevin C, 1974-
• Contents: Introduction: The Powers of Place -- Downtown Is For People: Competing Visions of the Ideal American City -- Older, Smaller, Better: How Older Buildings Enhance Urban Vitality -- Making It Work for Your City: Unleashing the Power and Potential of Historic Fabric -- Buildings Reborn: Keeping Historic Properties in Active Use -- Our Diverse History: Towards More Inclusive History and Communities -- Mitigating the Great Inversion: The Problems of Affordability and Displacement -- The Greenest Buildings: Preservation, Climate Change, and the Environment -- Conclusion: The Future of the Past: Livable Cities and the Future of Preservation.
• Publisher Details: Washington D.C : Island Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 334 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 721 M49; Environment; City planning -- Social aspects; Historic preservation -- United States; Cultural property -- Protection -- United States; Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- United States; City planning -- Social aspects; Cultural property -- Protection; Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration; Historic preservation; ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial; ARCHITECTURE / Project Management; ARCHITECTURE / Security Design; Architecture -- Sustainability & Green Design; Political Science -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development; Architecture -- Buildings -- Public, Commercial & Industrial; Environmentally-friendly architecture & design; Regional & area planning; Architectural structure & design; Environmental sciences; Sustainable architecture; Regional planning; Architecture; Science -- Environmental Science; The environment; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781610917094; 9781610917100; 1610917103
• Related ISBNs: 161091709X; 9781610918268; 1610918266; 1610917081; 9781610917087
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.