English | ISBN: 0470138165 | 2009 | 400 pages | PDF | 4,7 MB
This
introduction to the field of urban design offers a comprehensive survey
of the processes necessary to implement urban design work, explaining
the vocabulary, the rules, the tools, the structures, and the resources
in clear and accessible style. Providing a comprehensive framework for
understanding urban design principles and strategies, the author argues
that urban design is both a process and a collaboration in which the
different forces involved are knit together. Moving from the regional
scale down to the scale of places, the book examines the goals and
strategies of the urban designer from the viewpoints of the private
sector, public sector, and community. The text is illustrated throughout
with photographs and drawings that make theory and practice relevant
and alive.