Making People-Friendly Towns: Improving the Public Environment in Towns and Cities

ISBN-13: 9780415237598 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 128 str.

Francis Tibbalds; Francis Tibalds

Opis

This work explores the way our towns and cities, particularly their central areas, look and feel to all their users and discusses their design, maintenance and management. The author provides a new philosphical approach to the problem, suggesting that places as a whole matter, much more than the individual components that make up the urban environment such as buildings, roads and parks. This in-depth book suggests the way forward for professionals, decision-makers and all those who care about the future of our urban environment and points the reader in the direction of living examples of successful town planning.

Spis treści

The Decline of the Public Realm. 'Places' Matter Most. What are the Lessons from the Past? Mixing Uses and Activities. Human Scale. Pedestrian Freedom. Access for All. Making it Clear. Lasting Environments. Controlling Change. Joining it all Together. A Renaissance of the Public Realm?

O autorze

Francis Tibbalds was an architect and town planner with over thirty years'experience in both the private and public sectors until his death in January 1992 Hewasfounding chairman of the Urban Design Group (1979) and President of the Royal Town Planning Institute (1988)