The Smart Growth Manual

The Smart Growth Manual (Speck, Duany) is a collection of design plans, guidance, representations and discussion of the smart growth model.  The book illustrates the main points of what smart growth is, what it can do for the future, and how it can be related to urban design and neighborhood planing.

The Smart Growth Manual touches many topics that relate to successful neighborhood layouts and meaningful urban design.  The book touches subjects from a social standpoint which creates a first person perspective necessary for good design.  the book covers subjects ranging from landscaping to street dimensions to thoroughfare design.  This book is definitely recommended to someone interested in learning about how smart growth relates to urban design.    

The Smart Growth Manual describes al aspects of the physical urban environment including edges, nodes, pathways, lines and buffers. Each specific type of feature combines together to make neighborhoods.  

The Smart Growth Manual .  Speck, Duany.