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