Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The culture or way of life of city dwellers.
- noun Urbanization.
- noun The theory of city planning.
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- noun the study of cities, their geographic, economic, political, social and cultural environment
- noun the
culture orway of life of people who live incities - noun
urbanization
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Examples
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But the attractiveness of walkable urbanism is desirable regardless of weather.
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NPR's Morning Edition ran a piece discussing the fate of suburban development and if "new urbanism" is an answer.
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(For a non-bastardized understanding of resilience in urbanism and in other social-ecological systems, check out the website of Resilience Alliance and also their blog.)
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NPR's Morning Edition ran a piece discussing the fate of suburban development and if "new urbanism" is an answer.
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A "Katrina Cottage," designed by Maria Cusato, sits at a corner in Ocean Springs, Miss., where "new urbanism" is taking hold. swapContent ( 'firstMainStoryPhoto', 'applyMainStoryPhoto'); swapContent ( 'firstLargeStoryPhoto', 'applyLargeStoryPhoto');
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"The new urbanism is recreating the old urbanism, and Ocean Springs is a prime example of that."
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If the first half of the twentieth century in American urbanism—the era of the City Beautiful movement, the garden suburbs, and urban renewal—can be characterized as the Age of Planning, the period after 1970 was the Age of the Market.
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If the first half of the twentieth century in American urbanism—the era of the City Beautiful movement, the garden suburbs, and urban renewal—can be characterized as the Age of Planning, the period after 1970 was the Age of the Market.
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If the first half of the twentieth century in American urbanism—the era of the City Beautiful movement, the garden suburbs, and urban renewal—can be characterized as the Age of Planning, the period after 1970 was the Age of the Market.
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Some might call it a green belt, or use the term "landscape urbanism."
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