Planning Small and Mid-Sized Towns, Designing and Retrofitting for Sustainability by Avi Friedman

“Small and mid-sized suburban towns house two-thirdsof the world’s population and current modes of planningfor these municipalities are facing challenges of both philosophy and form. Common approaches that have prevailed in past decades no longer sustain new demands and require innovative thinking. Rather than dismissing small and mid-sized towns as unattractive suburban sprawl, Planning Small and Mid-Sized Towns offers ideas and methods on how small isolated and edge towns can be designed and retooled into sustainable, affordable and adaptable communities.