Planning for Urban Quality : Urban Design in Towns and Cities

ISBN-13: 9780415159678 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 264 str.

Michael Parfect; M. Parfect;Parfect Michael

Opis

Rapid regeneration of city areas has placed the quality of urban design high on public and policy agendas worldwide. This work examines the achievement of quality in the urban environment, in a planning context. Tracing urban design from its roots, the authors draw on both historical and current practices to examine the key physical, political and economic forces at play and the social pressures and impacts brought about by both failures and achievements in urban design. This illustrated critique of towns and cities draws on examples from across Western Europe, South Africa and USA to examine both public and private sector development practices, controls and fiscal policies within a diverse range of localities. The authors indicate the need for a reinstitution of region-provincial approaches, for closer co-ordination between sectors, and revised fiscal policies in planning and development in order to enhance the quality of urban social experience and environments.

Recenzje

'This book is aimed at students, practitioners and the general public. It is not a scholarly text with a main thesis, but it covers a wide range of material and presents it in an accessible way.' - Times Higher Education

Spis treści

Part I Introduction; Part II Town Planning Framework; Part III Perspective on Urban Quality;

O autorze

Michael Parfect is an architect planner, formerly Borough Planning Officer for a Surrey District Council.