The urban design reader

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ons of the urban design field from the late 1950s up to the mid 1990s. These authors present a critical reading of the design professions and offer an alternative urban design agenda focused on vital and lively places. The authors in section three provide a range of urban design rationales and strategies for reinforcing local physical identity and the creation of memorable places. These selections are largely describing the outcomes of mid-century urban design and voicing concerns over the placeless quality of contemporary urbanism. The fourth part of the Reader explores key issues in urban design and development. Ideas about sprawl, density, community health, public space and everyday life are the primary focus here. Several new selections in this part of the book also highlight important international development trends in the Middle East and China. Section five presents environmental challenges faced by the built environment professions today, including recent material on landscape … celý popis

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Další autoři

Michael Larice, 1962-
Elizabeth Macdonald, 1959-

Typ dokumentu

Knihy

Fyzický popis

xx, 660 s. : il.

Vydáno

Abingdon : Routledge, 2013

Vydání

2nd ed.

Edice

Routledge urban reader series

Témata

sborníky

urbanismus > au

Bibliografie

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ISBN

978-0-415-66807-1