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