Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream [Paperback]

For a decade,Suburban Nationhas given voice to a growing movement in North America to put an end to suburban sprawl and replace the last century's automobile-based settlement patterns with a return to more traditional planning. Founders of the Congress for the New Urbanism, Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk are at the forefront of the movement, and even their critics, such as Fred Barnes inThe Weekly Standard, recognized that Suburban Nationis likely to become this movement's bible. A lively lament about the failures of postwar planning, this is also that rare book that offers solutions: an essential handbook (San Francisco Chronicle).

This tenth anniversary edition includes a new preface by the authors.

As compelling and important as Jane Jacobs'sThe Death and Life of Great American Citiesand Venturi, Brown, and Izenour'sLearning from Las Vegas . . .Everyone who cares about the future of our American way of life should read this book. ROBERT A. M. STERN, Dean, Yale School of Architecture

Among the wittiest and most perceptive books about sprawl. You couldn't ask for a better trio to guide you through any part of the American built environment. HAROLD HENDERSON, Planning

Andres DuanyandElizabeth Plater-Zyberklead a firm that has designed more than 200 new neighborhoods and community revitalization plans, most famously, Seaside, Florida.

Jeff Speck isdirector of town planning for the firm.