{"product_id":"sustaining-a-citys-culture-and-character-charles-r-wolfe-9781538133248","title":"Sustaining a City's Culture and Character: Principles and Best Practices","description":"\u003cp\u003eSomewhere, between character and caricature, there exists an authentic--a truly unique--urban place, that blends global and local, old and new. Yet, in a dramatically changing world dominated by crises of climate change, maintaining public health, and social justice, finding such places--and explaining their relevance--may be easier said than done. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSustaining a City's Culture and Character\u003c\/i\u003e accepts that challenge, and provides a comprehensive method for assessing how and why successful places come to be, with an explicit emphasis on context: \u003ci\u003eAuthenticity, culture, character, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003euniqueness \u003c\/i\u003eare words with meanings that depend on who is using them and in what contexts. \u003cbr\u003eThrough text interwoven with 160 full-color photographs by the author, and select illustrations by others, this book addresses how to enact blended and contextualized urban change, using the past and the \u003ci\u003estatus quo \u003c\/i\u003eas catalysts rather than castaways. It provides resources and examples for the context-vetting process and for understanding how one era, object, or generation informs the next. \u003cbr\u003eThis beautiful full-color book illustrates how we can understand--or unlock-- a public place, neighborhood, or city. Based on comparative experiences around the world, the book proposes a new tool--called LEARN (\u003ci\u003eL\u003c\/i\u003eook, \u003ci\u003eE\u003c\/i\u003engage, \u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003essess, \u003ci\u003eR\u003c\/i\u003eeview, and \u003ci\u003eN\u003c\/i\u003eegotiate) --as a way of sustaining urban culture and character in transformative times.\u003cbr\u003eInspired by recent efforts and outcomes, the book is full of relevant examples. They include moving a small Swedish city, reviving Irish market towns, and revitalization efforts adjacent to London's Waterloo Station.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSustaining a City's Culture and Character\u003c\/i\u003e provides a catalog of techniques that emphasize \"bottom up,\" resident-based input about local history, building forms, natural and open spaces, cultural assets and tradition, and related policy, planning, and regulatory examples.\u003cbr\u003eFor those who seek an urbanism of distinctiveness to enhance city livability, rather than a bland, generic uniformity, the book examines on a global basis how the many interrelated facets of an urban area's unique, yet dynamic context--built, social, cultural and intangible--can be championed and advanced, rather than simply borrowed from another place.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49933991215297,"sku":"9781538133248","price":73.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0781\/5512\/0833\/files\/9781538133248.jpg?v=1769492109","url":"https:\/\/www.porchlightbooks.com\/products\/sustaining-a-citys-culture-and-character-charles-r-wolfe-9781538133248","provider":"Porchlight Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}