Relier Pairs Roots of New UrbanismVersion en ligne Garden City par Karim Youssef 1 Central to the movement of New Urbanism is spurring 2 'Sellscapes' create 3 New Urbanism invigorated 4 In Nolen's plan for St. Petersburg, 5 The plan for Seaside, Florida, was 6 Suburban sprawl degrades the land and numbs the soul because it relegates 7 "Environmentalism" is 8 The ethical connection remains vague between 9 New Urbanists depict current development practices as 10 In Nolen's Venice regional plan, 11 John Nolen integrated 12 A privatized suburban landscape of malls and gated subdivisions lacks 13 Civic virtue is 14 The main focus of the article is to study the belief that skilled professionals could design environments to improve the human situation. parkways linked white and black neighborhoods to parks and local centers planned for stores, churches, and public buildings. the ethic of limiting personal interests for a common good. European and American design traditions to create a balanced and ethical planning system. a civic presence and a sense of civic virtue. a modified neoclassical grid straight out of the tradition of John Nolen. "sellscapes", meaning areas segregated by market segments. greenbelts protected natural features while parkways extended from the hinterlands into downtown. the evolution of John Nolen's planning vision and the garden city ethic he introduced in the U.S. the past plans of Nolen and the present work of New Urbanists. a "cultural shift" to rediscover civic life and to restore the vitality of the public realm. a landscape of isolated land uses and isolated people. city planning history by invoking the tradition of American civic design to solve suburban sprawl. the human environment to the dimensions of machines and to the lure of consumerism.