Public Places - Urban SpacesRoutledge, 10.09.2012 - 320 Seiten Public Places - Urban Spaces is a holistic guide to the many complex and interacting dimensions of urban design. The discussion moves systematically through ideas, theories, research and the practice of urban design from an unrivalled range of sources. It aids the reader by gradually building the concepts one upon the other towards a total view of the subject. The author team explain the catalysts of change and renewal, and explore the global and local contexts and processes within which urban design operates. The book presents six key dimensions of urban design theory and practice - the social, visual, functional, temporal, morphological and perceptual - allowing it to be dipped into for specific information, or read from cover to cover. This is a clear and accessible text that provides a comprehensive discussion of this complex subject. |
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Public Places, Urban Spaces: The Dimensions of Urban Design Matthew Carmona,Tim Heath,Taner Oc,Steven Tiesdell Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2003 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
activities actors aesthetic and/or approach architectural argued Brindleyplace building’s buildings built environment Camillo Sitte Chapter city centre concept concern context costs create cul-de-sac cultural density design process devel development process dimensions discussed economic effect elements environmental example façade FIGURE figure-ground framework function grid ideas images impact important individual infrastructure integrated interaction investment investors involves Jane Jacobs Kevin Lynch land landscape layout Le Corbusier Leon Krier long-term Lynch means ment Modernist Moudon movement neighbourhood opment organisation parking patterns pedestrian physical planning potential principles produce projects public realm public sector public space reduce residential road role ronment scale sense of place smart growth social spatial squares strategies street street furniture structure tion townscape traditional traffic types urban blocks urban design urban environment urban form urban space Urbanist users visual zoning