Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Tactical Urbanism

  • Book
  • © 2015

Overview

Authors:
  1. Mike Lydon

    1. The Street Plans Collaborative, New York, USA

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  2. Anthony Garcia

    1. The Street Plans Collaborative, Miami, USA

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • The first book to define and contextualize the growing Tactical Urbanism movement, written by prominent leaders

  • Detailed case studies from around the world illustrate the diversity and scale of tactical urbanism interventions

  • Toolkit provides a practical guide for designing, planning, and implementing projects according to local needs and challenges

  • Beautifully designed and illustrated in full color

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Disturbing The Order of Things

    • Mike Lydon, Anthony Garcia
    Pages 1-24

  3. Inspirations and Antecedents of Tactical Urbanism

    • Mike Lydon, Anthony Garcia
    Pages 25-62

  4. The Next American City and the Rise of Tactical Urbanism

    • Mike Lydon, Anthony Garcia
    Pages 63-88

  5. Of Cities and Citizens: Five Tactical Urbanism Stories

    • Mike Lydon, Anthony Garcia
    Pages 89-170

  6. A Tactical Urbanism How-To

    • Mike Lydon, Anthony Garcia
    Pages 171-208

  7. Conclusion: Go Out and Use this Book!

    • Mike Lydon, Anthony Garcia
    Pages 209-212

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 213-230
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

Short-term, community-based projects—from pop-up parks to open streets initiatives—have become a powerful and adaptable new tool of urban activists, planners, and policy-makers seeking to drive lasting improvements in their cities and beyond. These quick, often low-cost, and creative projects are the essence of the Tactical Urbanism movement. Whether creating vibrant plazas seemingly overnight or re-imagining parking spaces as neighborhood gathering places, they offer a way to gain public and government support for investing in permanent projects, inspiring residents and civic leaders to experience and shape urban spaces in a new way.

Tactical Urbanism, written by Mike Lydon and Anthony Garcia, two founders of the movement, promises to be the foundational guide for urban transformation. The authors begin with an in-depth history of the Tactical Urbanism movement and its place among other social, political, and urban planning trends, and a detailed set of case studies demonstrate the breadth and scalability of tactical urbanism interventions. Finally, the book provides a detailed toolkit for conceiving, planning, and carrying out projects, including how to adapt them based on local needs and challenges.

Tactical Urbanism will inspire and empower a new generation of engaged citizens, urban designers, land use planners, architects, and policymakers to become key actors in the transformation of their communities.

Authors and Affiliations

  • The Street Plans Collaborative, New York, USA

    Mike Lydon

  • The Street Plans Collaborative, Miami, USA

    Anthony Garcia

About the authors

Mike Lydon is Principal of The Street Plans Collaborative. An internationally recognized planner, he was a co-author of The Smart Growth Manual and the creator and primary author of the reports “The Open Streets Project” and “Tactical Urbanism: Short-term Action, Long-Term Change” Vol.1 and Vol.2. He works and speaks internationally on smart growth, livable cities, active transportation, and tactical urbanism. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation