The Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New American Dream
Christopher B. Leinberger
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Description for The Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New American Dream
paperback. Highlighting both the challenges and the opportunities for urban development, "The Option of Urbanism" shows how the American Dream is shifting to include cities as well as suburbs and how the financial and real estate communities need to respond to build communities that are more environmentally, socially, and financially sustainable. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
Highlighting both the challenges and the opportunities for urban development, The Option of Urbanism shows how the American Dream is shifting to include cities as well as suburbs and how the financial and real estate communities need to respond to build communities that are more environmentally, socially, and financially sustainable.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Island Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9781597261371
SKU
V9781597261371
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-17
About Christopher B. Leinberger
Christopher B. Leinberger is a developer, professor, consultant, and author whose work has focused on making progressive development profitable. He is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution and is director of the Graduate Real Estate Program at the University of Michigan. He is a founding partner of Arcadia Land Company, a progressive real estate development firm, and has ... Read more
Reviews for The Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New American Dream
"Could it possibly be that Washington, for years bashed by politicians, its population shrinking and, at one point, almost bankrupt, has become a model of how the entire nation might smartly develop in the twenty-first century? I never thought I'd see the day. But Christopher Leinberger, one of America's top real estate analysts and now a Brookings Institution fellow, makes ... Read more