Design first : design-based planning for communities / David Walters and Linda Luise Brown.

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_ Introduction : history, theory, and contemporary practice -- Paradigms lost and found : dilemmas of the Anglo-American city -- Cities, suburbs, and sprawl -- Traditional urbanism : new urbanism and smart growth -- Devices and designs : sources of good urbanism -- Growth management, development control, and the role of urban design -- Urban design in the real world -- The region, case study 1 : CORE, North Carolina -- The city, case study 2 : city of Raleigh, NC Arena small area plan -- The town, case study 3 : Mooresville, North Carolina -- The neighborhood, case study 4 : Haynie-Sirrine Neighborhood, Greenville, South Carolina -- The block, case study 5 : town center, Cornelius, North Carolina -- Afterword : Appendix I : the charter of the congress of the new urbanism -- Appendix II : smart growth principles -- Appendix III : extracts from a typical design-based zoning ordinance -- Appendix IV : extracts from general development guidelines -- Appendix V : extracts from urban design guidelines.