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