Community Design

Arthur Mehrhoffs Community Design represents a unique way of analyzing a community and the steps needed to help design a sustainable community. In this important contribution Mehrhoff through his work with the Minnesota Design Team seeks to help communities take control of shaping a sustainable future of their own by means of information insight and civic dialogue. He urges readers to rethink the shape and shaping of their communities by looking at community in a more holistic and multidisciplinary manner. Mehrhoff tackles such topics as defining community understanding the history of a community understanding the issues and problems affecting a community examining the visual aspects of a community and obtaining citizen opinion throughout the process of becoming a sustainable community. Small communities everywhere can replicate the process discussed in this book. Community Design is well written and thought-provoking and provides a nice blend of theory and practice. This book should be useful to all students academics local policy makers and citizens who are interested in creating a common sustainable vision for their communities.