Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Humanizing the Exploding Metropolis • Rutherford H. Platt 1
Part I “The Man Who Loved Cities” 21
Whyte on Whyte: A Walk in the City • Eugenie L. Birch 25
Holly Whyte’s Journalism of Place • Charles E. Little 32
The Energizer • Ann Louise Strong 35
Sowing the Seeds • Thomas Balsley 37
The Wit and Wisdom of Holly Whyte • Albert LaFarge 38
Part II From City Parks to Regional Green Infrastructure 41
The Excellent City Park System: What Makes It Great and How to Get There Peter Harnik 47
The Role of Place Attachment in Sustaining Urban Parks Robert L. Ryan 61
Respecting Nature’s Design in Metropolitan Portland, Oregon Michael C. Houck 75
Promoting Health and Fitness through Urban Design • Anne C. Lusk 87
A Metropolitan New York Biosphere Reserve? • William D. Solecki and Cynthia Rosenzweig 102
Part III Restoring Urban Nature: Projects and Process 123
Restoring Urban Ecology: The New York–New Jersey Metropolitan Area Experience • Steven E. Clemants and Steven N. Handel 127
Urban Watershed Management: The Milwaukee River Experience Laurin N. Sievert 141
Green Futures for Industrial Brownfi elds • Christopher A. De Sousa 154
Ecological Citizenship: The Democratic Promise of Restoration Andrew Light 169
Part IV A More Humane Metropolis for Whom? 183
Race, Poverty, and the Humane Metropolis • Carl Anthony 187
Fortress America: Separate and Not Equal • Edward J. Blakely 197
“The Organization Man” in the Twenty-first Century: An Urbanist View Deborah E. Popper and Frank J. Popper 206
Sustainability Programs in the South Bronx • Thalya Parrilla 220
Part V Designing a More Humane Metropolis 231
The Smile Index • Andrew G. Wiley-Schwartz 235
Zoning Incentives to Create Public Spaces: Lessons from New York City Jerold S. Kayden 240
Criteria for a Greener Metropolis • Mary V. Rickel Pelletier 261
Building the Right Shade of Green • Colin M. Cathcart 278
Green Urbanism in European Cities • Timothy Beatley 297
Epilogue: Pathways to More Humane Urban Places • Rutherford H. Platt 315
About the Authors 323
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