City Rules offers a challenge to students and professionals in urban planning, design, and policy to change the rules of city-building, using regulations to reinvigorate, rather than
stifle, our communities. Emily Talen demonstrates that rules like zoning and subdivision regulation are primary determinants of urban form. While many contemporary codes encourage sprawl and
even urban blight, that hasn't always been the case-and it shouldn't be in the future.�
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Talen provides a visually rich history, showing how certain eras used rules to produce beautiful, walkable communities, while others created just the opposite. She makes complex regulations
understandable, demystifying zoning and illustrating how written rules translate into real-world consequences. Most importantly, Talen proposes changes to these rules that will actually enhance
communities' freedom to develop unique spaces.
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XXL-XS: New Directions on Ecological Design
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Prospects for Resilience: Insights from New York City’s Jamaica Bay
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Ephemeral Architecture: 100 Projects 1000 Ideas
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Sustainable Cities: Inspirational Case Studies
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Clean Energy Urban Design: The Energy Proforma in Policy and Practice
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Seeing the Better City: How to Explore, Observe, and Improve Urban Space
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Creating Urban Agricultural Systems: An Integrated Approach to Design
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